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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104G Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:56-0790 USAF
    Construction Number:183-1078
    Last Civil Registration:N820NA
    Compressed ID:Lockheed F-104G sn 56-0790 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Century Circle, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104A-20-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    Circa May 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0790.

    May 1958

    To Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), ARDC, Edwards AFB, CA.

    March 1959

    Leased to Lockheed.

    After March 1959

    Converted to a F-104G.
    2nd prototype F-104G. Was used for system tests and nuclear weapons shape trials.

    7 June 1960

    First flight as F-104G.

    27 December 1966

    To NASA, Edwards AFB, CA with new c/r N820NA.
    Replacement for NASA 813.

    1 June 1977

    Assigned to NASA, Edwards AFB, CA for storage.

    12 November 1980

    Civil registration, N820NA, cancelled.

    By October 1991

    To Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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    6 October 1991


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1991 photo - preserved at Edwards Air Force Base, CA

    September 1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Air Force Flight Test Museum, Edwards AFB, CA

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 95 ABW/MU, Edwards AFB, CA.

    Placed on display with Century Circle, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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    26 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at Century Circle, Edwards AFB ( West Gate ), Palmdale, California

    26 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at Century Circle, Edwards AFB ( West Gate ), Palmdale, California

    17 June 2018


    Photographer: Daniel Compton
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