TF-104G "FC01" 350 squadron 1 Wing Belgian Air Force during "Adios 104" ceremony 1981

TF-104G, construction number 583D-5786, model 583-10-20, US serial number 64-15104, built by Lockheed
11.12.1964 taken on charge at Lockheed-Palmdale
the first 2 TF-104G from the US were shipped in "kits" directly and the delivery to Beauvechain Air Base was done by the Flying Tiger Line Company
January 25, 1965 MAP delivered from Lockheed to "Flight TF-104G Conversion & Air Defence training" of 1 Wing at Beauvechain AB
 in January 1965 the first Canadair CL-44 landed at Beauvechain with the FC01 and FC02 on board
coded FC01 to "Flight-TF-104G" (Conversion & Air Defense training) of 1 Wing at Beauvechain AB on January 25, 1965
the acceptance flight was performed by Capt. Bosman and Capt. Janssens on May 4, 1965
followed by a period when the buzz-number was reduced to FC-1 and carried on the back of the fuselage; recoded FC01 with camouflage colors, the serial and markings as typically known
January 4, 1968 damaged during the landing in heavy crosswind the left tiptank touched the runway; April 1974 to 10 Wing at Kleine Brogel AB; IRAN at SABCA on October 11, 1977; in 1978 back to 1 Wing
last flight by 10 Wing on March 30, 1080, withdrawn from use and stored August 17, 1980; August 17, 1982 arrived at Koksijde for storage (10 Wing); January 1987 sold to Radcomm Enterprise; July 16, 1988 last noted stored at Koksijde
to ROCAF in October 1990 from Antwerp harbour with sea container via San Antonio to Koahsiung; cannibalization under project "Alishan Nr.11" at the ALC in Pingtung South AB
in December 1990 for spare parts use (code 48xx), scrapped in 1999.

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coded FC-1 shortly after delivery