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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.
Pages in category "Lockheed F-104 Starfighter" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Code of Conduct; Developers; Statistics; Cookie ...
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 ...
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 ...
CF-104. 12846 Royal Canadian Air Force – on display at the Air Force Museum of Alberta. 104-783 Royal Canadian Air Force squadron – on display at the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum [6] 104-646 Royal Canadian Air Force – on display at the National Air Force Museum of Canada [7] TF-104G. D-5805 Royal Netherlands Air Force – Alberta ...
In addition, many F-104Gs owned by the West German Luftwaffe operated with the 58th Wing where they sported USAF insignia and carried USAF serial numbers. Training of West German Air Force pilots in the F-104G continued until late 1982. The Germans flew more than 900 Starfighters totaling an excess of 269,750 hours and produced 1,868 F-104 pilots.
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 ]