F-104B "71301" ARIZ.Air GUARD at Phoenix IAP in 1961

F-104B, construction number 283-5013, model 283-93-03, US serial number 57-1301, built by Lockheed
delivery date July 1, 1958; 538th FIS July 1958-May 1960; 157th FIS in May 1960; 197th FIS Ariz.Air Guard 1960-August 1962
JF-104B with AFSC 1963-December 1966 at Air Proving Ground Center, Eglin AFB, Florida; 331st FIS December 1966-February 1967; 4760th CCTS February 1967-December 1967
stored at MASDC as "FB011" December 4, 1967-September 25, 1968; to McClellan AFB, CA; returned to service with AFFTC, Edwards AFB; 198th TFS September 1969-1972; withdrawn from use 1972
preserved Air and Missile Museum at Florence, South Carolina until 1997 coded "0-71301"; display at Kansas Cosmosphere Space Center, Hutchinson, Kansas late 1997 coded "0-71301"
stored September 2013 noted; stored May 2018 noted; February 2023 stored 708 W 2nd Ave, Hutchinson, KS noted.
It is stated that currently the aircraft has been taken elsewhere for restoration because of its poor status.

38°03'54.77"N 97°55'17.78"W

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