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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-83 / F-104 Starfighter
    Latest Model:F-104C-5-LO Starfighter
    Last Military Serial:56-0910 USAF
    Construction Number:183-1198
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, CO

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-104C-5-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    5 January 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-0910.

    6 January 1959

    To 476th TFS, 479th TFW, George AFB, CA.
    Markings added: FG-910

    From By August 1960 to After August 1961

    Transferred to 434th TFS, Moron AB, Spain.

    By 1966

    Transferred to 435th TFS, 8th TFW, Udorn Royal Thailand AFB, Thailand.
    Operated with markings: Pussycat

    January 1967

    To Sacramento SAMA, AFLC, McClellan AFB, CA.

    April 1967

    Transferred to 435th TFS, 8th TFW, Udorn Royal Thailand AFB, Thailand.

    From August 1967 to 1975

    Transferred to 156th TFS, 198th TFG, Puerto Rico ANG, Muniz ANGB, San Juan, PR.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    August 1975

    Placed on display with Wings Over the Rockies Museum, Lowry Field (formerly Lowry AFB), Denver, CO.
    Was on static display at Lowry AFB, CO.
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    24 August 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Lowry Air Force base of a Lockheed F-104C Starfighter

    1994

    Loaned to Wings Over The Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, CO.
    Transferred to the museum when Lowry closed in 1994.

    By 1997

    Markings Applied: 70910

    24 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    10 August 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    28 August 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
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    Max Sabin
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