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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 ...
[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]
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]
During this period, the 476th F-104s maintained an in-commission rate of 94.7%, a testimony both to the quality of 476th maintenance personnel and to the simplicity and maintainability of F-104 systems. However, an F-104 went down during a sortie 100 nm SSW of DaNang on 29 June. The pilot was rescued with minor injuries.
Lockheed F-104G Starfighter in Luftwaffe markings. The Lockheed bribery scandals encompassed a series of bribes and contributions made by officials of U.S. aerospace company Lockheed from the late 1950s to the 1970s in the process of negotiating the sale of aircraft.
F-104B, ex-USAF serial number 56-1296, registered as N65354 [11] F-104S, ex-Italian Air Forces serial number MM6734, registered as N993SF [12] TF-104G-M serial number 54251, registered as N990SF [13] TF-104G-M serial number 54258, registered as N991SF [14] TF-104G-M serial number 54261, registered as N992SF [15]
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.
The Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company was established in San Francisco on December 19, 1912 by the brothers Allan and Malcolm Loughead.In 1916, the company was renamed the Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company and relocated to Santa Barbara, California, the same year Santa Barbara resident Jack Northrop (aged 20) took his first job in aviation working as a draftsman for Loughead Aircraft.