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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:TF-104G Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:5926 THK
    Construction Number:5926 65-5926
    Last Civil Registration:N104TF
    Compressed ID:Lockheed TF-104G sn 5926 THK cn 592...
    Latest Owner or Location:Classic Aviation Airplane Museum, Corvallis Muncipal Airport (CVO), Corvallis, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TF-104G.
    Built by Lockheed

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the West German Air Force with s/n KF+226.

    New serial number assigned: BB+119 WGAF

    1968

    New serial number assigned: 27+96 WGAF

    From January 1986 to By 1994

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Turk Hava Kuvvetleri with s/n 5926 and operated with these markings: 8-926.

    From By 1994 to By 2000

    Assigned to Diyarbakir AB for storage.
    Withdrawn from use and placed in storage at Diyarbakir.

    November 2001

    Transported by ship.
    Moved from Turkey to the USA.

    13 September 2002

    To Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum/Premier Jets Inc, Portland, OR with new c/r N104TF.

    Based at Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum, Portland Hillsboro Airport, Hillsboro, OR.
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    From By 2002 to By 2003

    Restoration to flying condition started at Portland-Hillsboro, OR. With tail from 5906/27+77.

    31 July 2021

    Civil registration, N104TF, cancelled.

    To Classic Aviation Airplane Museum, Corvallis Muncipal Airport (CVO), Corvallis, OR.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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