F-104G "FG-720" 61 Escuadrón SpAF from Torrejon AB, Spain 1965

F-104G, construction number 683D-6072, model 683-10-19, built by Canadair
first flight at Canadair September 2, 1964; delivery date to USAF October 30, 1964; Spanish serial number C.8-5
MAP to Spain on January 15, 1965 by ship to Rota NAS; coded FG-720/32720 to 61 Escuadrón at Torrejon AB on March 12, 1965
to renamed 161 Escuadrón at Torrejon AB coded 161-15 in 1965; 1967 coded 104-15 with renamed 104 Escuadrón
coded 104-05 with 104 Escuadrón in 1968
IRAN at FUS (Flugzeug-Union Süd), Germany on March 21, 1968 with 184 flight hours, back to SpAF on December 20, 1968
transferred to 122 Escuadrón on May 31, 1971
withdrawn from use with 618 flight hours; back to USAF May 31, 1972
MAP to Greece June 12, 1972 coded "FG-720" to 335 Mira "Tigreis" of 116 Pteriga (Wing) at Araxos AB
"Tiger" colors September 24, 1992 celebrating the units 40th anniversary
withdrawn from use March 31, 1993, the official date for the withdraw of the F-104 from service in the Hellenic Air Force
preserved coded FG-720 "Tiger" colors at "Helliniki Aeroporia Moussio" Hellenic AF Museum, Tatoi AB, Athens 1995
Tatoi AB inside hanger November 19, 2006 noted; display outside November 2009 noted; September 2024 noted.

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