F-104G "13266" (63-13266) landing at Luke AFB 1982

F-104G, construction number 683-2095, company model 683-10-19, US serial number 63-13266, built by Lockheed
manufactured by Group USA (ARGE-USA); flight test release May 7, 1962; assembly in Fighterbomber version according contract lot 7
flown with register number "195" for test flights at Lockheed-Palmdale in 1962; accepted by BABwLockheed in Silver-finish colors with 12:50 flight hours coded KF+170
airlifted to Messerschmitt-Manching, Germany October 2, 1962 in a Canadair CL-44D airfreighter of "Flying Tiger Line"
project "Loreley" was planned but it was canceled; no Messerschmitt test flight; not delivered to German Air Force and stored
order for project "Columbus" on November 15, 1962; disassembled again and with code BG+112 airlifted back to USA on February 5, 1963
 in USAF Silver-finish colors to the 4510th CCTW at Luke AFB (German shadow serial number 2082, never used for registration) coded 13266
2.346 flight hours in May 1977; flown until end of operation at Luke AFB on March 16, 1983; struck off charge order (AVA) July 21, 1983; sold to USAF with "Phase II" lot with 3.074 flight hours
MAP (Military Assistance Program) to ROCAF 1983 under project "Ali Shan No.8"; delivered by sea container and arrived at 1st Depot at Pingtung South AB for reassembly July 21, 1983 
delivered to 41 or 42 TFS of 499 TFW at CCK (Ching Chuan Kang) AB coded "4382"; in August 1986 499 TFW moved to Hsinchu AB; withdrawn from use and stored at CCK AB in 1993 
scrapped in 1999.

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