F-104G "32720" "Tiger" Araxos AB, Greece 1993 F-104G, construction number 683D-6072, model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-12720, built by Canadair first flight September 2, 1964, delivery date to USAF October 30, 1964, Spanish serial number C.8-5MAP to Spain on January 15, 1965 by ship to Rota NAS; coded "FG-720" 32720 to 61st Escuadrón to renamed 161 Escuadrón at Torrejon AB coded 161-15 in 1965 1967 coded 104-15 with renamed 104 Escuadrón; coded 104-05 with 104 Escuadrón 1968 transferred to 122 Escuadrón on March 25, 1972; returned to USAF on May 31, 1972
MAP to Greece on June 12, 1972 coded "FG-720" with 335 Mira "Tigreis" of 116 Pteriga (Wing) at Araxos AB "Tiger" colors September 24, 1992, celebrating the units 40th anniversary withdrawn from use March 31, 1993, the official date for the withdraw of the F-104 from service in the Hellenic Air Force preserved coded FG-720 "Tiger" colors at "Helliniki Aeroporia Moussio" Hellenic AF Museum, Dekelia AB, Athens 1995 Dekelia (Tatoi) AB inside hanger; display outside 2014 noted; restoration November 2019 noted; December 21, 2020 presentation after the repaint for display noted October 2023 inside a hangar first noted. copyright © Peitzmeier archive
