F-104G "FX83" 10 Wing of Belgian Air Force 1977 F-104G, construction number 683D-9141, model 683-10-19, built by SABCAdelivery date January 1, 1965 to 349 squadron of 1 Wing; 1973 used by "Slivers" demonstration team; June 27, 1977 to 10 Wing withdrawn from use November 2, 1982; arrived Koksijde AB for storage (10 Wing 23 Squadron) November 2, 1982 January 1987 struck of charge and sold to Radcomm Enterprise, 1987 stripped; a few years on death row at Koksijde AB, BDRT airframe at Florennes 1991-1995 stored at Kapellen (ex Weelde for Royal Army Museum), believed to be scrapped (2003, fuselage of FX83 can still be found on the dump at Weelde) tail mounted on café-restaurant "Le Raidillon" (The Steep Road) wall at Genval, 10 km south of Brussels; January 2, 2004 first noted, May 2005 last noted May 2006 tail was offered for sale on eBay for $2500 and bough by a Spanish collector; no further information. copyright © Grondstein archive
