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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 ...
The Italian Air Force was a major user of F-104s, and the last air force to withdraw the aircraft from its front line. More than 100 F-104s are in display in Italy. A complete list is available here. TF-104G. MM54228 Italian Air Force – Turin Airport [26] F-104. 3-01 Italian Air Force – Trento Airport [27]
[17] [18] The F-104 was in service for 12 years with 11,690 flight hours, 246 hours 45 minutes of these in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War and 103 hours 45 minutes in the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War, after which five F-104 remained and were grounded by lack of spares due to post war U.S. sanctions. The type was phased out in late 1972. [17] [18]
All-weather fighter interceptor Convair Developed from the F-102 Delta Dagger. Originally designated F-102B. [61] 1956 [61] [62] 1959 [61] 342 (2 prototypes, 277 F-106As, 63 F-106Bs) [61] XF-103: Interceptor Republic Aviation: Canceled at mock-up stage. Request Issued by the USAF in 1949 for an advanced supersonic interceptor to equip the Air ...
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.
Converted F-104 for advanced air superiority 934 CL-934: Interceptor variant of the F-104 977-16 CL-977-16: Composite helicopter 981 CL-981: Enlarged variant of the F-104, developed into the CL-1200 984 CL-984: Strike variant of the F-104 985 CL-985B: development of the CL-984 for Belgium 995 S-3A Viking: Jan 21, 1972: Twin-engine naval ASW ...
The 331st was reconstituted as the 331st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron and activated in 1953 at Suffolk County Air Force Base as an Air Defense Command (ADC) interceptor squadron. [1] The squadron was initially equipped with radar equipped and Mighty Mouse rocket armed North American F-86D Sabres . [ 5 ]
The Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter was a single-engine, high-performance, supersonic interceptor prototype for a United States Air Force (USAF) series of lightweight and simple fighters. Only two aircraft were built; one aircraft was used primarily for aerodynamic research and the other served as an armament testbed, both aircraft being destroyed ...