F-104C "0-60890" (56-0890) Puerto Rico ANG ready for a Range sortie

F-104C, construction number 183-1178, model 483-04-05, US serial number 56-0890, built by Lockheed
delivered to the USAF October 16, 1958; 479th Tactical Fighter Wing (Tactical Air Command), George AFB 1958
deployments to Moron AB Spain in 1960, 436Th TFS 1965 at DaNang, October 1966 to 435 Tactical Fighter Squadron (Pacific Air Forces),
Udorn RT AFB Thailand; March 1967 to 8th Tactical Fighter Wing (PACAF), Udorn RTAFB
198 TFS PR ANG 156th Tactical Fighter Group (PR Air National Guard), San Juan IAP, PR October 1967 until August 1975
withdrawn from use August 15, 1975; dropped from the inventory August 18, 1975
to McGhee-Tyson Airport, Knoxville, at McGhee Tyson Airport (ANGB), Knoxville, Tennessee August 18, 1975
placed on the pole in 1976 and repainted sometime in the '90s; 1999 noted, May 2006 noted as 56-0880; 2009 coded as "60880" noted; December 2023 noted.

35°48'56.47"N 83°59'53.41"W

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