F-104G "R-349" (62-12349) Esk 726 of RDAF at Aalborg AB in September 1982

F-104G, construction number 683C-6048, model 683-10-19, US serial number 62-12349, built by Canadair
first flight May 7, 1964 at Canadair; after 9 flights with 15:05 flight hours ready at Canadair August 14, 1964
delivery date USAF on August 14, 1964 coded "FG-343 22343" after a ferry flight via Langley AFB to MOAMA Brookley AFB, Mobile, Alabama; shipped to Denmark
the aircraft arrived at Nørresundby, Denmark on the USN heavy lift cargo ship "Marine Fiddler" December 19, 1964; MAP (Military Assistance Program) to Denmark coded R-349 on December 19, 1964
Esk 726 delivery date February 10, 1965; Esk 723 on September 22, 1965; repainted in an all green camouflage scheme on November 7, 1969; July 1, 1983 transferred to Esk 726; last flight April 9, 1986
withdrawn from use April 30, 1986 with 3.996 flying hours; preserved and disassembled at Aalborg and transported by road to Aarhus for shipment to Bremerhaven on February 25, 1987
MAP (Military Assistance Program)to ROCAF under project "Ali Shan No.10" coded "4416" on February 25, 1987; withdrawn from use March 7, 1994
displayed in military memorial park Tie Zhen Shan (Tie Zhen Mountain), Tachia Township, Taichung City, 11 AG marks, April 24, 2005 first noted; October 14, 2009 noted; September 2021 (weathered) noted; April 2025 noted.

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