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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104D Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:57-1322 USAF
    Construction Number:483-5033
    Compressed ID:Lockheed F-104D sn 57-1322 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Military Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, North Canton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104D.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-1322.

    Transferred to 479th Tactical Fighter Wing, George AFB, CA.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By 1977

    Loaned to Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
    Gate guard mounted on concrete pillars, by 1988 moved to museum area.
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    July 1995

    Loaned to City of Huntington, Huntington, IN.

    From July 1995 to After 2011

    Placed on display with Huntington Municipal Airport, Huntington, IN.
    Wings of Freedom Museum.
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    By January 2016

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Wings from this aircraft were used to restore F-104A 56-0754.

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: On the very south end of the ramp on the east side of Wright Field, by the restoration hangers of the NMUSAF.

    3 April 2022


    Photographer: Paul Ryan
    Notes: Outside the restoration hangar at Wright patterson

    28 February 2024

    Damaged.
    Tornado damage while stored outside at Wright-Patterson AFB.

    August 2024

    Loaned to Military Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, North Canton, OH.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     916-Starfighter by Hubert Peitzmeier
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airliners.Net
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    R DUNN
    Noah Rechtin
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