F-104C "0-70920" (57-0920) Puerto Rico ANG 1972

F-104A, construction number 183-1237, model 483-04-05, US serial number 57-0920, built by Lockheed
delivery date July 6, 1959; to ARDC (Air Research and Development Command) Air Force Special Weapons Center (AFSWC) at Kirtland AFB, NM in July 1959
(deployment to Edwards AFB, CA); February 1960 modified to JF-104C; October 1967 modified to F-104C
October 1969 to 156 Tactical Fighter Group/198th TFS PR ANG, San Juan IAP, PR coded "0-70920"; August 1975 dropped from inventory by transfer to museum status
delivered on August 4, 1975 to McEntire ANGB, preserved at McEntire ANGB, 169th FG, South Carolina as FG-920/"60920" October 1978
noted 1987; November 1998 noted; August 20, 2010 noted; September 2017 coded as 56-0920 FG-920 noted; 2019 noted
restoration project McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina, July 28, 2022 noted; July 2024 noted.

McEntire Air National Guard Station is named for the late Brigadier General Barnie B. McEntire, Jr., the first commander of the S.C. Air Guard.
General McEntire died in May 1961 when he rode his malfunctioning F-104 into the Susquehanna River to avoid crashing in the populated area of Harrisburg, PA.
The base was previously known as Congaree Air Base and was used in World War II as a U.S. Marine Corps training base

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preserved at McEntire ANGB, 169th FG, South Carolina as FG-920