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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.
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 ...
Pages in category "Lockheed F-104 Starfighter" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
August 25, 2024 at 9:06 AM. ... and for defense companies like Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) ... today, slow shortages of rocket engines pose a bottleneck to the production of rockets by America's ...
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 ...
Lockheed Martin is suing one of its subcontractors on the F-35 program, alleging the company is withholding parts over a pricing dispute that Lockheed claims will cause “substantial delays” in ...
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 ]