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The Starfighter entered service with the Luftwaffe in July 1960, [6] with deliveries continuing until March 1973, [7] remaining in operational service until 16 October 1987, [8] and continuing in use for test purposes until 22 May 1991. The two squadrons operating the RF-104G were re-equipped with RF-4E Phantoms in the early 1970s.
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 ...
Since the end of 1960 JaboG 33 regularly visits Decimomannu Air Base on Sardinia to participate in NATO Dissimilar Air Combat Training exercises. Beginning in August 1962 the wing began transition to Lockheed F-104 Starfighters. On 30 May 1985 the wing had completed its transition to the Panavia Tornado IDS.
The last Starfighters in combat service, the F-104S-ASA/M was withdrawn in October 2004 (the last unit being 10° Gruppo/9° Stormo, Grazzanise), and temporarily replaced by F-16 Fighting Falcons, whilst awaiting delivery of Eurofighter Typhoons.
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.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the RDAF operated a number of US financed Lockheed F-104G Starfighters, North American F-100D and F-100F Super Sabres, and several other types. The first Danish Draken, designated F35, delivery took place on 1 September 1970 when three F35s were delivered to Karup Air Base. They were later followed by another 17 F35s and ...
The Starfighter proved to be a troublesome aircraft for the Luftwaffe, which lost 292 of 916 Starfighters, 116 pilots died. JG 74 also lost several of them until the wing converted to the F-4F Phantom II in 1974. The F-4F was a downgraded F-4E which could not fire the medium range AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile.
54251 – based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida [65] [66] 54258 – based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida [67] [68] 54261 – based at Starfighters Inc in Cape Canaveral, Florida [69] [70] On display YF-104A. 55-2961 (NASA N818NA) – hanging from the ceiling of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ...