F-104G "FX69" 10 Wing BAF from Kleine-Brogel AB 1968

F-104G, construction number 683D-9115, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
taken on service August 31, 1964 to 10 Wing; 1 Wing 1969; 1971 and 1973 with "Slivers"; withdrawn from use July 18, 1980 and stored Koksijde ex 1 Wing 349 Sqn
struck of charge and sold to Radcomm Enterprise and struck of charge and stripped January 1987
to Royal Army Museum July 15, 1991 (reserve); July 1992 noted Koksijde (stored, fuselage only); October 1994
store Kapellen (reserve museum); 1998 tail used to restore FX47; November 2000 fuselage stored Peutie (no tail)
April 2001 fuselage first noted at Gosselies (with tail from FX-58), will be restored
April 2008 transported to Niederrhein (former RAF Laarbruch, near Weeze, Germany), fuselage & tail of FX70
May 18, 2011 it was transported in the Brussels area; FX69 resides at Gosselies in a private (currently owned Johan Bringmans) environment
restoration at Charleroi (owned by Johan Bringmans) (tail FX-28 is recently replaced by tail FX-70),
during the restoration wings of FX70 and C-2 ejection seat coming from a Luftwaffe F104G will be used
intention is to restore it to former glory as one of the aircraft used by the Belgian Air Force team "The Slivers".
Aircraft was actually one of their mounts. It is a tribute to pilots extraordinaire Steve Nuyts and Palmer De Vlieger, the Slivers pilots
FX69 was the 3rd most intensive used airframe by this team (after FX72 and FX58), so historically this is a significant aircraft; July 2023 noted.

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