F-104J "538" (36-8538) at "Air Combat Tactics" competition (ACT) carrying a khaki-blue-green camouflage scheme 1983 F-104J, construction number 683B-3038, model 683-07-14, JASDF serial number 26-8538, built by MitsubishiJapanese Air Self Defense Forces (JASDF) Order of Operations Mitsubishi built; November 26, 1963 handed over to Air Self-Defense Force; delivery date December 7, 1963 first assigned to 201 Hikotai of 2 Kokudan; to 207 Hikotai on March 31, 1966 at Hyakuri within 7 Air Wing from 1971 with 205 Hikotai of 6 Kokudan at Komatsu AB till 1980 after 205 Hikotai disbanded to 204 Hikotai of 5 Kokudan in 1981 ACM meeting 1981 carrying a green-khaki camouflage scheme; ACM meeting 1983 carrying a khaki-blue-green combination color scheme ACM meeting 1984 carrying a green-khaki combination color scheme withdrawn from use at Nyutabaru AB, Miyazaki Prefecture 1984; stored at Nyutabaru AB preserved as display Nyutabaru AB inside the Aviation Publicity Hall (nose only) 2003 noted noted during Nyuutabaru Air Festa 2013; July 12, 2014 noted; July 2018 last noted 36-8538 moved to Japan Mitsuwa Hagane Co. factory, Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture after 2020. copyright © Mühlböck collection copyright drawing © Eric Sanvoisin
