CF-104D "RT-657" Esk 726 RDAF with Sidewinder missile on the pylon station

CF-104D, Lockheed model 583-04-15, Lockheed construction number 583A-5327, RCAF serial number 12657, built by Lockheed
ready at Lockheed on December 2, 1964; taken on service by RCAF as CF-104D Mk 2 (Dual Training Aircraft) serial number 12657
on December 13, 1964; test flight at SAL, Prestwick on January 20, 1965; entered service with 1 Air Division in Europe
4 Wing at CFB Sollingen on January 21, 1965; reserialed as 104657 effective June 1970; withdrawn from use on June 19, 1970
to SAL, Prestwick for storage on October 7, 1970; struck off service September 24, 1971 with 1.414 flight hours
sold to Denmark September 24, 1971; delivery date to Denmark coded “RT-657” on November 26, 1971; IRAN to MAP standard and fitted with the Martin Baker Mk. DQ-7A ejection seat on November 29, 1971
Esk 723 on June 29, 1972 painted flat dark green; December 5, 1974 IRAN and J-79-GE-11 engine installation
August 5, 1976 painted in the gloss dark green scheme; January 3, 1983 to Esk 726; last flight to Billund AB and struck off service April 28, 1986 with 4.002 flight hours
preserved in the RDAF Museum at Billund AB, Denmark 1986-1998; ex Billund AB August 21, 1998; stored at Aalborg AB in 2002; restoration in 2003
preserved on pole at Aalborg Air Base at F-16 Maintenance hangar, April 1, 2005 first noted, March 2007 noted; August 2023 noted.

57° 4'59.93"N  9°52'27.97"E

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