F-104G "FX76" 10 Wing Belgian Air Force landing at RAFG Wildenrath during Tactical Air Meet in June 1978

F-104G, construction number 683D-9131, model 683-10-19, built by SABCA
October 26, 1964 taken on charge and delivered from SABCA to 10 Wing; June 1978 participated at Tactical Air Meet, RAFG Wildenrath (tailcode 'A') (10 FBW)
August 14, 1981 arrived at Koksijde for storage (10 FBW /23 Squadron); January 1987 sold to Radcomm Enterprise and struck of charge; July 1990 last noted stored Koksijde
June 1992 preserved at Evere; September 1992: dump Beauvechain AB; March 26, 1994 preserved Kampenhout-Boortmeerbeek in RADCOMM president garden
September 2001 last noted preserved Boortmeerbeek; November 2002 stored Zaventem (along E40 Liege/Leuven) (wings and tail lying next to fuselage)
November 2004 last noted stored Zaventem; FX76 with 10 Wing marks sitting at the back of ASCO II building at Sterrebeek near the intersection E40 Liège-Brussels
with the ring road of Brussels, near Brussels airport. Poor condition, lots of corrosion, tail detached and lies on its side behind fuselage.
Aircraft not protected from elements. Owner Jozef Maes, boss of ASCO, October 27, 2005 noted; May 2015 at Sterrebeek with ASCO stored noted; June 2018 noted
April 2020 FX76 outside in between the E40 highway and the Asco 5 building actually in a very bad condition; April 2021 in very bad condition noted.

ASCO has now still both aircraft in parts in his garden at Sterrebeek for many years and the 2021 images show that they have not started yet.

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