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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War.Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fighter aircraft for the United States Air Force (USAF), it was developed into an all-weather multirole aircraft in the early 1960s and produced by several other nations ...
F-104C at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.. Fighter-bomber version for USAF Tactical Air Command, with improved fire-control radar (AN/ASG-14T-2), centerline and two wing pylons (for a total of five), and ability to carry one Mk 28 or Mk 43 nuclear weapon on the centerline pylon.
All-weather multimode Fire control radar system paired with AN/AWG-20 Fire Control System: F-15 Eagle: Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon) AN/APG-64: Fire control radar: Did not enter service: AN/APG-65: All-weather multimode Fire control radar system: F/A-18 Hornet: Hughes Aircraft (now Raytheon) AN/APG-66
The LN-3 inertial navigation system is an inertial navigation system (INS) that was developed in the 1960s by Litton Industries. It equipped the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter versions used as strike aircraft in European forces. An inertial navigation system is a system which continually determines the position of a vehicle from measurements made ...
In the Italian Air Force, the F-104 was a mainstay from the early 1960s until the end of the 20th century. The first flight for an Italian F-104G was a Lockheed-built aircraft, MM6501, on 9 June 1962; however, the first Fiat/Aeritalia-built example flew two years later on 5 October 1962. Italy initially received a total of 105 F-104G, 24 TF ...
In 1963 the squadron received Lockheed F-104 Starfighters that had been assigned to the Air National Guard. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Although the F-104A had been withdrawn from active service in 1960 because its fire control system was not compatible with the SAGE system, [ 12 ] this did not affect the squadron while it operated from Webb, because the ...
The F-104 was the first combat aircraft capable of Mach 2 flight, and the only aircraft in history to simultaneously hold the world speed, rate-of climb and altitude records. [4] Three of the Century Series aircraft—F-101, F-102, and F-106—were armed with nuclear air-to-air missiles.
This review is transcluded from Talk:Lockheed F-104 Starfighter/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review. Reviewer: Hawkeye7 (talk · contribs) 02:44, 30 December 2019 (UTC) Picking this one up. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 02:44, 30 December 2019 (UTC) The first thing we need to do is bring the article up to B class.