F-104A "4241" ROCAF 41 TFS of 2 Wing at Hsinchu AB

F-104A, construction number 183-1111, model 183-93-02, US serial number 56-0823, built by Lockheed
delivery date July 1, 1958, 78th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron and 83rd FIS (Air Defense Command), Hamilton AFB, CA (July 1958-December 1958)
with 83 FIS during Quemoy crisis in September 1958; 337th FIS at Taichung AB, Taiwan (December 1958-March 1959)
March 1959 to Sacramento Air Logistics Area, McClellan AFB, CA; 83rd FIS of 78th Fighter Group (ADC), Hamilton AFB (December 1959-August 1960)
197th FIS (ANG), Sky Harbor MAP, AZ (August 1960-July 1962); November 1961 to (USAF Europe), Ramstein AB, Germany
August 1962 to 161st Fighter Group (Tactical Air Command), Sky Harbor MAP; 151st FIS/134 FIG Tennessee ANG, McGhee-Tyson AP, TN (September 1962-March 1963)
319th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ADC), Homestead AFB, FL (March 1963); TPS (dates unknown)
Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ (MASDC) 17.December 1969-29.April 1970 coded "FB038"
April 1970 to Sacramento Air Logistics Area, McClellan AFB for J79-GE-19 engine
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Taiwan on July 28, 1970 as "4241" 41 TFS of 2 TFW; 1974 with 8 TFS of 3 TFW 3 AG; withdrawn from use March 3, 1988
preserved Republic of China Air Force Museum at Gangshan AB with 8 TFS marks in 1989; November 2005 noted
December 2019 display outside in Military Aircraft Display Area (old museum area) noted; April 2025 noted.

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