F-104G "FG-730" (32730) 335 Mira of 114 Pterix (Wing) based at Araxos AB, Greece in 1991

F-104G, construction number 683D-6082, model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-12730, built by Canadair
first flight at Canadair October 15, 1964; after 6 flights with 9:25 flight hours delivery date February 4, 1965 to USAF at Wright Patterson AFB; Spanish serial number C.8-7
MAP to Spain on June 6, 1965 by ship to Rota NAS; coded FG-730/32730 to 161 Escuadrón at Torrejon AB on July 14, 1965; coded 161-17 in 1965
1967 coded 104-17 with renamed 104 Escuadrón; coded 104-07 with 104 Escuadrón in 1968; IRAN at FUS (Flugzeug-Union Süd), Germany on April 6, 1970 with 599 flight hours
back to SpAF on November 11, 1970; seen 1971 with Vixen recce-pod; transferred to 122 Escuadrón on May 31, 1971; withdrawn from use with 775 flight hours on May 31, 1972
returned to USAF on May 31, 1972; MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Greece June 13, 1972 coded "FG-730" to 335 Mira of 116 Pteriga (Wing) at Araxos AB
730 made its last flight from 116 CW at Araxos to 132 CG (Agrinion HAF Detachment) in 1992 and withdrawn from use; last noted at Agrinion May 29, 1993
preserved with Arms Museum collection at Mesolongi coded "FG-730" at least in April 1996
November 2011 last noted (the Arms Museum was never established and the aircraft started to deteriorate)
on February 28, 2011 the collection was moved from the harbor to Mesolongi Aeroclub, where it is still stored near the airfield; 30 km NW of Patras; February 24, 2012 first noted
September 2016 noted; May 2025 noted.

38°21'16.3"N 21°28'32.8"E

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