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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104A-25-LO Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:56-0841 USAF
    Construction Number:183-1129
    Compressed ID:Lockheed F-104A-25-LO sn 56-0841 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:157th FIS, 169th FIG, South Carolina ANG, McEntire ANGB, SC

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104A-25-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    11 July 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0841.

    July 1958

    To 538th FIS, 4721st Air Defense Group, Larson AFB, WA.
    Markings added: FG-841

    1959


    Photographer: Bob Hanes via Ken Buchanan
    Notes: Photo taken at Larson AFB, Washington.

    May 1960

    Transferred to 157th FIS, 169th FIG, South Carolina ANG, McEntire ANGB, SC.
    Operated with markings: S.C. AIR GUARD

    Circa November 1961

    Deployed to Moron AB, Spain, under Operation Stair Step during the 1961 Berlin Crisis.

    9 December 1961

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed after engine failure (compressor stall) 3 NM SE of Malaga, Spain. Pilot Capt. Billingsley ejected safely.

    2 June 1962

    Written off.
    Written off after the investigation was finished.
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