F-104C "0-60932" 198th TFS PR ANG carrying a SUU-21 dispenser during summer camp at Savannah, Georgia 1970

F-104C, construction number 183-1220, model 483-04-05, US serial number 56-0932, built by Lockheed
delivery date March 9, 1959; 479th TFW March 1961-1965; 436 TFS DaNang 1965; February 1967 to 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Pacific Air Forces), Udorn RTAFB
March 1967 to 8th Tactical Fighter Wing (PACAF), Udorn RTAFB, AFFTC/ARDC (July 1969); 198th TFS PR ANG July 1969-April 1973; August 1975 dropped from inventory by transfer to museum status
to Van Nuys AFB August 4, 1975, at Van Nuys AP, California as gate guard, departure (by C130) in 1993; to "Stafford Air & Space Museum", Weatherford, near Oklahoma city, Oklahoma, October 1993 first noted
October 29, 1999 noted, museum is on the field; on pole rockrting skywards March 8, 2007 noted; July 2022 noted.

The Stafford Air and Space Museum recently restored the F-104 that was at the entrance and placed it on a 75 degree climb angle in front of the museum.
The F-104 is currently located at the Stafford Air and Space Museum in Weatherford, OK, holds a personal connection to General Thomas P. Stafford
Stafford has spent many hours as a pilot in the F-104 and was also a test pilot instructor for F-104 Starfighter.

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