F-104D "0-71318" 198 TFS Puerto Rico Air National Guard 1973

F-104D, construction number 283-5030, model 383-04-06, US serial number 57-1318, built by Lockheed
delivery date January 27, 1959, 479th TFW January 1959-September 1959
Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) AFSWC (Air Force Special Weapons Center) at Kirtland AFB, NM with "red-white-blue-stripes" September 1959-July 1971
AFSC/AFFTC at Edwards AFB July 1971-August 1972 in grey colors; 198th TFS PR ANG (Lil-D) on August 15, 1972; MASDC as "FB051" on October 16, 1974, departed July 30, 1975 
MAP to Taiwan July 30, 1975 coded "4163" to 8 TFS CCK AFB, crashed January 19, 1979, the only pilot Huang Chi-Shuen ejected safely, written off.

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