F-104G "FG-717" (32717) 335 Mira of the 114 Pterix (Wing) based at Tanagra AB, Greece in the 70s

F-104G, construction number 683D-6069, model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-12717, built by Canadair
first flight at Canadair August 26, 1964; delivery date October 28, 1964 to USAF; Spanish serial number C.8-3
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Spain on January 15, 1965 by ship to Rota NAS; coded FG-717/32717 to 61st Escuadrón at Torrejon AB on March 12, 1965
to renamed 161 Escuadrón at Torrejon AB coded 161-13 late in 1965; 1967 coded 104-13 with renamed 104 Escuadrón
coded 104-03 with 104 Escuadrón in 1968; transferred to 122 Escuadrón on May 31, 1971; withdrawn from use with 548 flight hours
back to USAF May 31, 1972; MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Greece on June 12, 1972 coded "FG-717"; withdrawn from use in 1992; stored at Agrinion AB October 2006 last noted
coded "FG-717" display on concrete blocks at Heros of Polytecnics Square, (Plateia Heroon Polytechniou) in Kifissia, Attica May 22, 2007; May 2017 noted; April 2023 noted.

38° 5'32.13"N 23°48'6.41"E

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