CF-104 "R-771" RDAF lifting off on RWY 09L at Aalborg AB n dark green camouflage scheme 1984

CF-104, Canadair model CL-90, Lockheed model 683-04-12, Canadair construction number 683A-1071, RCAF serial number 12771, built by Canadair
first flight April 6, 1962; ready at Canadair on October 3, 1962; taken on service by RCAF on November 9, 1962
assigned to 6 ST/R OTU at RCAF Station Cold Lake on November 19, 1962; November 26, 1964 to 3 Wing at Zweibrucken
June 30 1966 to 4 Wing at Sollingen; May 3, 1967 to 3 Wing; July 3, 1970 last operational flight; struck off service by CAF on November 24, 1971
sold to Denmark on November 24, 1971 with 1.837 flight hours; November 29, 1971 IRAN for MAP modification
coded "R-771" with Esk 726 August 16, 1973-December 1983 with serial number 12771; last flight December 27, 1983; struck off service January 1, 1984 with 3.696 flight hours
BDRT at Vandel AB on February 18, 1986; to Aalborg  AB as an air base decoy on December 4, 1991
January 8, 1993 at Aalborg AB as Gate Guard in green camouflage scheme; restoration at Aalborg AB in 2003
on pole at a roundabout near the Gate at Aalborg AB in grey/white camouflage scheme April 2003; May 11, 2008 noted with 726 sqn markings; June 2024 noted.

57°06'29.9"N 9°51'25.6"E

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