F-104A "FG-777" ADC 83rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron Hamilton AFB, California over Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco 1959

F-104A, construction number 183-1065, US serial number 56-0777, model 183-93-02, built by Lockheed
delivery date January 24, 1958, 83rd FIS ADC January 1958-November 1959; stored November 1959-December 1960
MAP to Taiwan December 9, 1960 coded "4213" with 8 TFS; back to USA on July 18, 1966 and stored
MASDC July 1966-October 1967, stored October 1967-June 1969, overhaul June 27, 1969 at McClellan AFB
to Jordan on September 30, 1969
crashed during ACM training coded as "906" on September 14, 1972 after entering a flat spin, pilot ejected safely; written off.

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