F-104G "R-340" RDAF formation take-off at Aalborg AB, Denmark in August 1983

F-104G, construction number 683D-6039, model 683-10-19, US serial number 62-12340, built by Canadair
first flight April 10, 1964; ready at Canadair June 26, 1964 after 5 flights with 8:20 flight hours; delivery date to USAF June 27, 1964 (delivery on paper and formality of the MAP procurement process)
ferry flight via Wright Patterson to MOAMA Brookley AFB at Mobile, Alabama on June 27, 1964; shipped to Denmark, arrival with USN heavy lift cargo ship "Marine Fiddler" on November 23, 1964
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Denmark coded R-340 with 11 flying hours; test flight for RDAF on December 17, 1964; Esk 726 on April 5, 1965; Esk 723 on September 2, 1965
February 27, 1970 painted in an all green camouflage scheme; repainted in glossy green camouflage scheme on May 25, 1977; Esk 726 on January 3, 1983; last flight April 24, 1986 with 4.200 flying hours
withdrawn from use on April 30,1986; shipped from Aarhus to Bremerhaven February 24, 1987 
 MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Taiwan for ROCAF under project "Ali Shan No.10" coded "4411" to 8 Squadron of 3 Wing; withdrawn from use April 1992; scrapped in 1997.

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