Previously preserved in Tripolis town within a playground, this F-104 is now on-base, repainted and preserved outside the base church.

Picture was taken by Fiorenzo Balboni and part of the International F-104 Society collection (shared by Ben Marselis). The aircraft used code 5-01 between November 1969 and February 1973.

Photographer unknown

Delivered in 1963, it was withdrawn from use in January 1984, so just prepared for displaying with engine removal at the time of this photo. This aircraft spent more years travelling Italy without flying, than for its operational life! Infact it is still in use from then for static displays, bearing 132 Gruppo 3-01 codes on left side and 28 Gruppo 3-30 codes on the right side.

Now repainted in an Aegean Blue colour scheme and lacking any serial/code, 32715 still guards the gate at Tripolis.

Transferred to Turkey as 9063. Photographer unknown

In 1987 the air force organized a final moment to photograph the stored F-104's, that had been withdrawn in 1984. Ypenburg was closed afterwards to become a new housing estate for neighboring The Hague and Delft.

Photographer nknown - This Starfighter was painted up as "MM6945" to represent the F-104S-ASA prototype

Rainy day for the annual static display of the Armed Forces day. The Orpheus recce pod on the center pylon was the common external store of the F-104Gs that were not RF model. This aircraft was written off during a dramatic take off crash at Villafranca on 26 July 1988. The aircraft did not lift off, hit a VOR antenna, exploded killing the pilot and throwing debris on the close motorway.

Photographer Adriano Agnoli - w/o 1 April 1982

This aircraft was withdrawn from use in Villafranca in September 1985. 3 Stormo was its last operational unit. Then used by Aeritalia to create a mock-up of the ASA conversion of the F-104S under development. It initially received the fake MM6758 serial, that is the one of the real second ASA prototype, as photogrphed here in Milano Fiera d'Aprile. It was used for static displays in other events and in 1991 it was photographed being serialled MM6945, the serial of the real first ASA prototype. It is now preserved in Grosseto, at the local museum of the Base, wearing a special colour scheme.

Photographer unknown - wfu March 1984 with 2901 flight hours

Photographer Frank Smith

Photographer Adriano Agnoli

Photographer Frank Smith

Photographer Frank Smith

Photographer Renzo Sacchetti

Photographer Adriano Agnoli

Photographer Frank Smith - w/o 1 April 1982