F-104C "FG-888" (56-0888) at Air Force Special Weapons Center (4925th Test Group) at Kirtland AFB 1961

F-104C, construction number 183-1176, model 483-04-05, US serial number 56-0888, built by Lockheed
delivery date October 24, 1958; October 1958 to ARDC (Air Research and Development Command)
flown at Air Force Special Weapons Center (AFSWC) at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico in 1961/1963 (Kirtland operation flag)
modified to JF-104C test aircraft; damaged and written off on April 30, 1963 after an engine failure during approach at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, pilot ejected safely.

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