F-104DJ "017" (36-5017) 207 sqn of 83 Air Group at "Air Combat Tactics" competition (ACT) carrying a green-khaki camouflage scheme 1982

F-104DJ, construction number 583B-5417, model 583-10-17, JASDF serial number 36-5017, Lockheed built, reassembled by Mitsubishi
delivery date October 19, 1963; 205 Hikotai of 6 Kokudan; 1979 204 Hikotai of 5 Kokudan; 1980 Jikken Kokudan (APW); finally 207 Hikotai
017 carrying a green-khaki camouflage scheme for ACM meeting 1983; withdrawn from use 1985; supplied to Taiwan AF
October 1987 coded "4595" under project "Ali Shan No.9" to 7 Squadron of 3 Wing, later 28 Squadron of 3 Wing
1999 seen in Jiashan cave at Hualien AFB; June 2, 2002 on display at Shu Li Township, Nan Tou County, June 8, 2008 noted; May 2014 noted
new painted January 4, 2015 noted; September 2016 noted; January 20, 2017 disassembled and removed
trucked to Department of Aviation Mechanical Engineering, CUST (China University of Science and Technology), Yunlin Campus, Yunlin county 
February 1, 2022 heavy weathered noted; October 2023 noted.

Under the front canopy is the slogan "Deng Yun Yi Hao" or "Climb cloud number 1"

23°36'46.1"N 120°32'51.3"E

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