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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104B-15-LO Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:57-1309 PakAF
    Construction Number:283-5021
    Compressed ID:Lockheed F-104B-15-LO sn 57-1309 Pa...
    Latest Owner or Location:Karachi Air Force Museum, Sharea Faisal Airport, Karachi, Sindh

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104B-15-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-1309.

    1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Pakistan Air Force with s/n 57-1309.

    By November 1983

    To Karachi Air Force Museum, Sharea Faisal Airport, Karachi, Sindh.
    This airframe has also been reported as being 57-1312 in false markings.
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    By 9 July 2000

    Markings Applied: 57-1309
    Pakistan national markings, overall silver c/s, 57-1309 on forward fuselage.

    9 July 2000


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    12 March 2001


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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