F-104G "4303" 7 TFS of 3 Wing ROCAF 1969

F-104G, construction number 683C-4056, model 683-10-19, US serial number 62-12252, built by Lockheed
delivery date coded "4303" in 1963 to 7 TFS of 3 Wing at CCK AB; 1987 noted; 3rd TFW (1963-1990); 7 TFS 1989 at Ching Chuan Kang (CCK) AB, 7 TFS May 1990
withdrawn from use 1991 and scrapped in the 90s.

Note: This Starfighter has flown its entire life with the 3rd TFW (3rd Air Group) and at the end of its career it carried badges of 7th TFS.
Currently two F-104's with code "4303 / 62-12252" can be found preserved and both are not the real ones.
One of them inside the Military History Park, JiJi Town, Nan Tou County is actually F-104J 36-8565 "4506" and the other aircraft inside the National Science and Technology Museum,
Kao Hsiung City is actually F-104J 46-8596 "4522". It is unknown why they all chose this serial for both preserved F-104J Starfighter.

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