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English: U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-104C Starfighters from the 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 479th Tactical Fighter Wing, at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base (today Udon Thani), in 1965. Date 1965
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 02:29, 5 May 2011: 700 × 527 (86 KB): Bwmoll3 {{Information |Description ={{en|1=F-104C Starfighter 57-0914 photographed at George AFB, California, 435th TFS, 479th Tactical Fighter Wing, 1965}} |Source =United States Air Force Photo via Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Steve Pace, Motorbooks I
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 ...
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The low aspect ratio, unswept wings were designed for high speed and later the Lockheed design team used data from the X-3 tests for the similar F-104 Starfighter wing design. Due to both engine and airframe problems, the partially completed second aircraft was cancelled, and its components were used for spare parts.
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.
May 1963 saw the introduction of the first F-104 Starfighters into German Air Force service. In 1974 the Wing obtained its first F-4F Phantom II's and on 19 September 1974 the unit's Starfighters were decommissioned. In 1988 the Wing's secondary role of Fighter Bomber Attack was given up so that JG 71 is now exclusively a Fighter Wing.
A wing designed for good transonic and supersonic performance should spread the curvature of the wing over a longer distance. This naturally leads to thin, long-chord, low aspect-ratio designs like the wing on the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. Such designs suffer from much greater induced drag, making them less efficient at slower speeds.