TF-104G JD+361 Jagdgeschwader 74 (JG 74) Neuburg AB 1966

TF-104G, construction number 583F-5917, company model 583-10-20, assembled by Lockheed
manufactured by Lockheed and Messerschmitt (ARGE-Süd); assembly according contract lot 4; fuselage assembled at Messerschmitt-Augsburg, wings manufactured at Manching
ARGE-Süd parts (fuselage, wings and tail) airlifted to USA on July 5, 1965 with a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of "Flying Tiger Line"
at Lockheed-Burbank assembled and test flights coded KF+217 at Palmdale in 1965; airlifted to Avio Diepen at Ypenburg, Netherlands on November 24, 1965 for reassambly
camouflage scheme "Norm 62" according tech order "TA-196"; accepted on January 10, 1966 by BABwFokker
JD+361 JG 74 at Neuburg AB delivery date on January 14; 1966
27+87 JaboG 34 at Memmingen AB on July 3, 1974; TechnGrp 11 on December 13, 1983; LwSchleuse on March 8, 1984
LVR 1 at Erding AB stored as attrition replacement aircraft on October 12, 1984
withdrawn from use at LwSchleuse 11 on February 18, 1986 with 2.657 flight hours; struck off charge order (AVA) January 10, 1984
to Hellenic AF on April 8, 1986 coded as "TF-917" to 335 Mira of 116 Pterix (Combat Wing) at Araxos AB
flown to Agrinion on May 20, 1992; withdrawn from use July 20, 1993; stored Agrinion AB 1996 first noted; November 2009 noted coded "TF-917"; dump September 2017 last noted.

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