F-104G "8-164" Diyarbakir AB in "Air Superiority Gray" camouflage scheme 1987

RF-104G, construction number 683D-8164, model 683-04-10, built by Fokker
manufactured by North Group (ARGE-Nord); first flight October 9, 1963 coded KG+264
to Fokker-Weserflug in October 1963 for RF-104G modifications according project "Recce"
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"
acceptance date February 14, 1964 by BABwFokker (RNAF-MTA); LVR 3 (Luftwaffenversorgungsregiment 3) on March 18, 1964 for modifications
EA+122 AG 51 at Ingolstadt-Manching AB delivery date on June 16, 1964
24+22 AG 52 on September 28, 1970; JaboG 36 on March 29, 1971
modified to Fighterbomber version May 26, 1971 at Messerschmitt; JaboG 31 on October 8, 1971
withdrawn from use and stored at LwSchleuse 11 on July 26, 1982; struck off charge order (AVA) March 4, 1983
with 2.785 flight hours as "Verteidigungshilfe" (MAP (Military Assistance Program)) to Turkish Air Force (TuAF serial number 64-8164) on May 2, 1983
coded "6-164" with 162 Filo of 6.AJU at Bandirma AB; seen in 1987-1988 in anti-corrosion grey camouflage; coded "8-164" with 181 Filo in August 1990 at Diyarbakir AB
"8-164" 181 Filo at Rimini AB in July 1990 on squadron exchange with the Italian Air Force 102°Gruppo; withdrawn from use coded "4-164" on July 5, 1992 at Murted AB
preserved at Bandirma AB in July 1992 code "6-164" first noted; October 1996 noted; 2001 last noted; likely scrapped.

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