F-104A "FG-866" (56-0866) 151st Fighter Interceptor Squadron (FIS) Tennessee ANG at McGhee-Tyson ANG Base, Knoxville, Tennessee

F-104A, construction number 183-1154, model 183-93-02, serial number 56-0866, built by Lockheed
delivery date November 1958; 56th FIS November 1958-February 1960; 157th FIS February 1960-June 1963
331st FIS June 1963-February 1967; damaged on November 26, 1963 from flying debris and aircraft parts from the crash of 56-863
4760th CCTS February 1967-October 1967; 319th FIS October 1967-1970; MASDC coded "FB037" December 17, 1969-May 18, 1970
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Taiwan July 30, 1970 coded as "4247" to 41 TFS of 2 TFW (11 AG); J79-GE-19 engine; 1974 to 8 TFS of 3 TFW (3 AG)
crashed April 11, 1961 due to pitch-up on landing at CCK, pilot Mao Chung Jo ejected, but was too low for the ejection system, and was killed.

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