F-104G "D-8266" UFO squadron (phase out unit Volkel), RNLAF landing at Volkel AB 1984

F-104G, construction number 683D-8266, model 683-10-19, built by Fokker
manufactured at Fokker factory, factory construction number 10716; first flight June 25, 1964; delivery date September 9, 1964 with OCU at Twenthe AB
311 squadron at Volkel AB on March 2, 1965; 312 squadron at Volkel AB on July 12, 1973; 311 squadron at Volkel AB on March 21, 1979
May 1979 squadron exchange between the Dutch Air Force 311 Squadron based at Volkel AB and the German Air Force JaboG 34 based at Memmingen AB flying the F-104G
March 1980 exchange between 311 Squadron and the Royal Air Force 5 Squadron based at Binbrook flying the Lightning
April 1981 exchange with the Italian Air Force 155 Gruppo, based at Istrana, flying the F-104S; 312 squadron at Volkel AB August 11, 1982;  nicknames "Dusty 3" in 1984
to UFO (phase out unit Volkel); on June 1, 1984; withdrawn from use with UFO on November 9, 1984, stored Ypenburg AB November 9, 1984, stored at Ypenburg AB July 31, 1987
displayed Luchtvaart Museum Texel at the civil airfield of the Island of Texel (EHTX) Netherlands in May 1989
September 2010 removed and transported to the Military Air Force museum depot at Soesterberg; March 19, 2012 it departed Soesterberg Aircraft storage
at Oudemolen storage area (Military barracks) on August 21, 2012; August 21, 2016 last noted; scrapped.

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