| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | D-5810 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed F-104 Starfighter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed F-104 Starfighter |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed TF-104G Starfighter |
| C/n (msn): | 583E-5810 |
| Operator Titles: | Netherlands - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | CAV - Conversie Afdeling Volkel |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Uden - VolkelMap |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EHVK IATA: UDE Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 19 October 1983 |
| Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
| Photo ID: | 137560 |
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ThIS TF-104G of Conversie Afdeling Volkel (CAV, in English conversion unit of Volkel air base) was delivered to the RNLAF on 16 Nov'63. It started flying with the Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) and was transferred to CAV in Jan'68. It operated with that unit until Jun'84 when it entered a retirement unit called UFO (Uit Faserings Onderdeel, in English Phasing-Out Unit. It was withdrawn from service on 21 Nov'84. After storage and being used as an instructional airframe in the 90s, it returned to the RNLAF in '97 and was sold to a private person in Everett (WA) in Sep'10. This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 18 April 2019, and has since been viewed 451 times. |