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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104A Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:56-0778 USAF
    Construction Number:56-778
    Last Civil Registration:N66305
    Compressed ID:Lockheed F-104A sn 56-0778 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Warhawk Air Museum / John Paul, Nampa, Idaho

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104A.

    1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0778.

    1958

    Transferred to 83 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Hamilton AFB, CA.

    1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Republic of China Air Force.
    Sent to Taiwan as part of the Military Assistance Program.

    1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Jordanian Air Force.
    The Taiwanese received newer Starfighters in 1966, and after an overhaul in the United States, the aircraft was sent to Jordan in 1969 again as part of the Military Assistance Program.

    1977

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Jordanian Air Force.

    1990

    Returned to the U.S. by a private company.

    14 March 1995

    To unknown owner with c/r N66305.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Belfast, ME.

    Based at Warhawk Air Museum/John Paul, Nampa, ID.
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    16 July 2013

    Civil registration, N66305, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Belfast, ME.
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