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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 ...
In total 101 SABCA-built F-104Gs and 12 TF-104G built by Lockheed were purchased (one F-104G crashed before delivery). The Belgian Air Force operated the type from 14 February 1963 to 19 September 1983; some survivors were sent to Taiwan (23 aircraft) and Turkey (18 aircraft). Thirty-eight F-104G and three TF-104Gs were lost in accidents.
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] Three of the Century Series aircraft—F-101, F-102, and F-106—were armed with nuclear air-to-air missiles.
220 combat-capable trainer version of F-104G; [2] no cannon or centerline pylon, reduced internal fuel. One aircraft used by Lockheed as a demonstrator with the civil registration number L104L, was flown by Jackie Cochran to set three women's world speed records in 1964. This aircraft later served in the Netherlands.
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In 1957 he changed over to the air force and was trained as a pilot at Landsberg am Lech and Fürstenfeldbruck on the T-6 Texan, the F-84 Thunderjet and the Lockheed T-33. [1] His brother Bernd also served in the air force and was one of four Lockheed F-104 Starfighter pilots killed on 16 June 1962. [citation needed]
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F-104G "22+40" at Le Bourget Museum, France F-104G. 22+40 German Air Force – Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget Airport, Paris; 21+91 German Air Force – Ailes Anciennes Toulouse; 21+96 German Air Force – Musée de l'Épopée de l'industrie et de l'aéronautique, Albert; FX90 Belgian Air Force – Savigny-lès-Beaune [10] TF-104G