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
ferry flight via Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio to MOAMA Brookley, Alabama, on June 27, 1964; MAP (Military Assistance Program) assigned at MOAMA, Brookley AFB, Alabama
shipped to Denmark with 11:30 flight hours, arrival with USN ship "Marine Fiddler" on November 23, 1964; MAP to Denmark coded R-340; test flight for RDAF on December 17, 1964
Esk 726 on April 5, 1965; Esk 723 on September 22, 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Esk 726 on January 3, 1983; last flight April 24, 1986 with 4.200 flying hours; withdrawn from use on April 30,1986; shipped from Aarhus to Bremerhaven February 24, 1987
to Taiwan for ROCAF coded "4411" to 8 Squadron of 3 Wing, withdrawn from use in April 1992; scrapped in 1997.

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