F-104G "FX03" 10 Wing Belgian Air Force at RAF Waddington during Exercise "Priory 2-80" April 16, 1980

F-104G, construction number 683D-9018, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
taken on service April 3, 1963 to 350 squadron of 1 Wing; March 27, 1975 fuel leak, aircraft uses barrier during the landing at Beauvechain, aircraft caught fire, pilot ok
June 9, 1977 lightning strike at Beauvechain, pilot ok; 1978 to 31 squadron of 10 Wing; storage at Koksijde November 3, 1981; withdrawn from use January 1987
sold to Radcomm Enterprise and struck of charge; July 1989 last noted stored at Koksijde
via USA delivered to ROCAF in November 1990 for spare part use only (no code), scrapped.

A number of Belgium aircraft have been delivered to the Taiwanese Air Force for spare-parts. All aircraft were former Belgium Air Force Starfighters supplied via the US
(due to political and MAP reasons) by Radcomm Inc.

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