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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104A-25-LO Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:4255 ROCAF
    Construction Number:183-1153
    Compressed ID:Lockheed F-104A-25-LO sn 4255 ROCAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hsin-chu AB, Hsin-chu, Hsinchu City

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104A-25-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    27 October 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0865.

    October 1958

    To 56th FIS, 30th Air Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Markings added: FG-865

    Deployment to Tyndall AFB, FL.

    February 1960

    Transferred to 157th FIS, 169th FIG, South Carolina ANG, Congaree AP, SC.
    Operated with markings: S.C. AIR GUARD

    15 May 1963

    Transferred to 331st FIS, 4752D Air Defense Wing, Webb AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: FG-865, U.S. AIR FORCE

    Circa 1966


    Photographer: Bill Curry via Ken Buchanan

    28 February 1967

    Transferred to 4760th CCTS, Webb AFB, TX.

    July 1967

    Leased to General Electric.

    November 1968

    Transferred to 319th FIS, Montgomery Air Defense Sector, Homestead AFB, FL.

    Deployment to Edwards AFB, CA.

    11 December 1969

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FB029.

    Circa 7 May 1970

    To Sacramento Air Logistics Area (SMAMA), McClellan AFB, CA.

    4 August 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Republic of China Air Force with s/n 4255.

    August 1970

    Transferred to 41st TFS, 2nd TFW (11th AG).

    1974

    Transferred to 8th TFS, 3rd TFW (3rd AG).

    1988

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    By March 1994

    Placed on display with Hsin-Chu AB, Hsin-Chu, Hsinchu City.
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