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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104A-20-LO Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:4251 ROCAF
    Construction Number:183-1110
    Compressed ID:Lockheed F-104A-20-LO sn 4251 ROCAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:8th TFS, 3D Wing, Ching Chuang Kang AB, ROCAF

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104A-20-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    3 June 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0822.

    From June 1958 to June 1960

    To 337th FIS, Boston Air Defense Sector, Westover Air Force Base, MA.

    Circa 1960


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken during an Open House at an unidentified base.

    From June 1960 to April 1963

    Transferred to 151st FIS, 134th FIG, Tennessee ANG, McGhee Tyson Airport, TN.

    From November 1961 to July 1962

    Deployed to Ramstein AB, West Germany, during the Berlin Crisis.

    From March 1963 to 10 December 1969

    Transferred to 319th FIS, Montgomery Air Defense Sector, Homestead Air Force Base, FL.

    From 12 December 1969 to 1 May 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FB022.

    4 August 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Republic of China Air Force with s/n 4251.

    From August 1970 to 1974

    To 41st TFS, 2D Wing, Hsinchu AB, ROCAF.

    From 1974 to 23 December 1985

    Transferred to 8th TFS, 3D Wing, Ching Chuang Kang AB, ROCAF.

    23 December 1985

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed due to loss of control due to mechanical malfunction, and crashed in Fen Yuan, Chang Hua, pilot ejected and was recovered. Aircraft written off.
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