F-104A "FG-793" 157th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (FIS) South Carolina ANG 1963

F-104A, construction number 183-1081, model 183-93-02, US serial number 56-0793, built by Lockheed
delivery date May 2, 1958; to 337th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (Air Defense Command), Westover AFB, MA May 1958
83rd FIS Hamilton AFB, CA December 1958; 197th FIS (ANG) Sky Harbor AP July 1960
October 1961 assigned to Tactical Air Command; November 1961 to 197th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (US Air Forces Europe), Ramstein AB
August 1962 to 161st Fighter Interceptor Group (TAC), Sky Harbor AP; 157th FIS South Carolina ANG, McEntire AFB, NJ September 1962
331st FIS (ADC) Webb AFB, TX June 1963; 4760th Combat Crew Training Squadron (CCTS) March 1967 at Webb AFB
Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center (MASDC) coded "FB005" (06Dec67-01Apr71), to Lockheed, Palmdale in March 1971
to NAS Pensacola, FL in August 1972, IRAN finished October 24, 1972; dropped from inventory by transfer to Military Assistance Program
RJAF 923/S delivery date October 24, 1972, 9th sqn October 1972-July 1977); withdrawn from use July 1, 1977
decoy Azraq AB 1995 in F-1 Mirage camouflage style; dump Azrap AB July 1998 noted; May 2000 last noted; scrapped.

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