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  2. Lockheed F-104 Starfighter - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter - Wikipedia

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    XF-104 s/n 53-7786 with early models of the F-100, F-101, F-102 and F-105 A number of minor problems surfaced, but were readily fixed. The yaw damper of the XF-104 was found to be ineffective and the rudder did not positively center; these problems were corrected by revising the rudder control system. [ 21 ]

  4. Century Series - Wikipedia

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    The F-101 was the first aircraft in the USAF capable of exceeding 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h). The F-102 was the first aircraft in the world to utilize area rule in its design. 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]

  5. It Costs Tens of Thousands of Dollars Per Hour to Fly These U ...

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    Here’s how much U.S. military aircraft cost to fly, by the hour. ... The Air Force in particular is stuck with the headache of replacing the F-16, which costs $26,927 an hour, with a plane that ...

  6. List of United States fighter aircraft - Wikipedia

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    F-101 Voodoo: Fighter aircraft; Fighter-bomber; McDonnell Aircraft First designed at the end of WWII as a penetration fighter, it was adapted for close air support in 1954. [58] [59] 1954 [59] 1957 [59] 807 [59] F-104 Starfighter: Air superiority fighter; Fighter-bomber; Lockheed 1954 1958 2,578 XF-104 Starfighter: Interceptor prototype ...

  7. List of Lockheed F-104 Starfighter variants - Wikipedia

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    Range was up to 1,250 km (777 mi) with four tanks, ferry range 2,940 km (1,827 mi). [4] Aircraft allocated to air defence missions had their 20 mm (.79 in) M-61 Vulcan cannon removed. The F-104S was cleared for a higher maximum takeoff weight, allowing it to carry up to 7,500 lb (3,400 kg) of stores; other Starfighters had a maximum external ...

  8. Canadair CF-104 Starfighter - Wikipedia

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    The Canadair CF-104 Starfighter (CF-111, CL-90) is a modified version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft built in Canada by Canadair under licence. It was primarily used as a ground attack aircraft, despite being designed as an interceptor.

  9. List of Lockheed F-104 Starfighter operators - Wikipedia

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    [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]