F-104C "FG-929" (56-0929) 436th TFS "Black Aces" (yellow) 479th TFW USAF at Moron AB, Spain 1960

F-104C, construction number 183-1217, model 483-04-05, US serial number 56-0929, built by Lockheed
available at Lockheed on January 12, 1959; accepted on March 1, 1959; delivery date March 10, 1959; 479th TFW (1960-1967)
deployed Moron, Spain (8.August 1960-11.December 1960); 1965 at DaNang; IRAN at McClellan AFB (SMAAR) in December 1965 until February 1966
it was one of the 12 additional Starfighter delivered to the 435 TFS at Udorn AB on July 22, 1966; it received overhaul a number of times, 
including from 23 August till late August and from 17.till 26.October 1966
on November 16, 1966 it encountered a ground incident of which no details are known, it could return to the squadron soon after
at the end of its days in Udorn it got nose art "MARGARET" applied as nickname; 198th TFS PR ANG "0-60929" San Juan-Luis Munoz Marin International (TJSJ) August 1967
withdrawn from use August 1975; to Kelly AFB, Texas August 25, 1975, on pole at USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Texas (AFMTC Lackland AFB) 1978
1996 last noted; display Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham, Alabama (on loan from Air Force museum in Ohio) on March 8, 2004, August 8, 2007 noted; June 2024 noted.

33°33'45.9"N 86°44'17.1"W

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