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| The "Cactus Starfighter Squadron" select CSS Story (English version), by LtCol GAF (ret.) Horst Wilhelms |
| Die "Cactus Starfighter Staffel" select: CSS Story (German version), von Oberstleutnant a.D. Horst Wilhelms |
| Die F104-Story select: F104 Story (German only) |
| The F-104 in SEA by Tom "SHARKBAIT" Delashaw, former pilot of the "Starfighters" (see link-page) |
| Pilots Heaven (poem by Gene West) |
| A fighter pilots "Dinner speech" by CDR "Beef" Wellington, former USN VFA-203 "Blue Dolphins" C.O. |
| Ruminations on the F-104 by Walt BJ, Zipper pilot 319 FIS at Homestead AFB 1967, retired (not by choice) |
| Mach II in the Zipper over Arizona (by Ike Sweesy, IP 1979-1982 Luke AFB 69 TFTS) |
| "ARIZONA Life Style" from the book: Those wonderful men in the Cactus Starfighter Squadron |
| Starfighter Down (Ejection from a YF-104 Starfighter) |
| The Joy of High Tech (by Rodford Edmiston) http://www.dcr.net/~stickmak/JOHT/joht12f-104.htm |
| 80,000 ft. SKY HIGH: My climb to the top in the F-104 (by George J. Marrett) |
| Bad Ass Airplane (F-104 systems and procedures by a one time driver!) |
| MEMORIES OF A FIGHTER, Cold War Alert Memories of a AMI fighter pilot (by David Cenciotti) |
| US-German heritage 63rd Fighter Squadron 56 Fighter Wing at Luke AFB takes over partnership 2000 |
| From A to G by Mike Vivian, former USAF F-104 pilot, Luke IP and Luftwaffe Exchange pilot |
| Zipping at FL 730 - Flying the "hottest" 104 by Walt BJ, retired F-86, F102, F-104 and F-4 pilot |
| F-104 Hydraulic System Failure Night Low-Level Tac Check Flight over Germany, by Ike Sweesy |
| Hard Light and Lightning Fast - The F-104 Starfighter Afterburner |
| A tribute to Ben McAvoy, Mr. Starfighter who passed away on 14. May 2004 |
| End of an era: Last of the Dutch Starfighters 1984 |
| Nozzle Failure at 70.000 feet by Jim Flemming, first RAAF pilot to fly the F-104 and to get to Mach 2 |
| 100 missions over North Vietnam in the F-104C by Harold Alston, first to complete with the F-104 |
| Test Pilot Bill Weaver: Mach 3.18 Break Up of an SR-71 Black Bird |
| High altitude flying with F-104 The magazine Flynytt of the Norwegian Aero Club |
| Everyday life at 331 squadron in 1970 The magazine Flynytt of the Norwegian Aero Club |
| Interception by radar The magazine Flynytt of the Norwegian Aero Club |
| Darker Shades of Blue: A Case Study of Failed Leadership, Major Tony Kern, US Air Force 1995 |
| NASA F-104 legacy spans five decades, by Roy Bryant, NASA Project Manager |
| The Wrong Way Ejection Seat by Norvin "Bud" Evans, USAF F-104 test pilot |
| A hair-raising F-104 flying story! by Warren Hunt F-104 pilot with the 83rd FIS at Hamilton |
| "Fire Warning" by Norvin "Bud" Evans, USAF F-104 test pilot |
| "Chase flights" by Norvin "Bud" Evans, USAF F-104 test pilot |
| 90 Second Climb - Zipper over Florida by Walt BJ, Zipper pilot 319 FIS at Homestead AFB 1967 |
| Boom - lost hatch on take off by Max Jesperson, USAF F-104 pilot |
The
Starfighter Crisis "My Logbook", by Günther Rall Reminiscences
1938-2006, extract  |
| A Letter from Norm Lockard by Capt Norman Lockard, rescued in Laos |
| Sounding off about the Zipper by Walt BJ, Zipper pilot 319 FIS at Homestead AFB 1967, retired |
| Ode
to the Starfighter by Bill McWilliams |
N-104RB
"N104RB" Red Baron speed record from the IFS website 
see: CIVIL STARFIGHTERS IN THE PAST |
| Mission
648 - no contact flame-out December 6, 1965 near Narwik, Norway,
by Flugsicherheit Bundeswehr 2012 |
| Dead
Stick landing by Serge Martin, SABCA test pilot February 26, 1970,
translated by Serge Bonfond |
| Der
Auslöser loss of aircraft control with the deactivated "kicker",
by Flugsicherheit Bundeswehr 2012 |
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