F-104A "FG-779" (56-0779) 331 FIS Webb AFB 1965

F-104B, construction number 183-1067, US serial number 56-0779, model 183-93-02, built by Lockheed
delivery date January 28, 1958; 83rd FIS (January 1958-July 1960); 197th FIS (July 1960-1962) Arizona ANG; 197th FIS at Ramstein AB 1962
157th FIS (September 1962-June 1963); 331st FIS (June 1963-September 1965), 319th FIS (September 1965-October 1965); accident October 12, 1965; store (1966-March 1968)
MASDC (08Mar68-08Mar72) as RIT coded "FB018", scrapped Allied Aircraft 1985 (?)
56-0779 serial unconfirmed stored March 2016 at Chino Yanks Air Museum, 36 miles East of Los Angeles; September 2018 noted.

Previously reported as 56-0785, but this was written off when damaged by fire during an engine start, which certainly isn't evident on this airframe.
It is now believed to be 56-0779, which left storage at AMARC in 1980 and was reported as scrapped by Allied Aircraft in 1985.

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