104's

[dick loh vervallen]

A Belgian one from my collection.



Happy Easter to all,
Dick

[Mickey312]

Great shot and great scan!

Here's some from Grosseto, March 22nd, 2004















Mickey

[ebauer]

I took this pic on a mondaymorning in 1994 when four AMI Starfighters came to Soesterberg AB for refueling on their way to the UK for a rotation

Soesterberg AB 21-03-1994:
MM6719/51-06 F-104S 22Gr "I6937B"
MM6739/51-01 F-104S 22Gr "I6937A"
MM6764/51-03 F-104S 22Gr "I6719A"
MM6937/51-16 F-104S 22Gr "I6719B"

[zoli1989]

Hy!

Every dutch F-104's were light grey in 1960's and early 70's ? Very rare a photo was taken of the grey machines. D-8331 were grey, you are already the dark green/dark grey/light grey colours arrived in the Koninklijke Luchtmacht ?

[Mickey312]

No, not every Dutch Starfighter was delivered by Fokker (D-8xxx series) in air-defence grey livery. Fokker built four variants, air-defence, recce, fighter-bomber and basic. Basically air-defence, recce and basic Starfighters were delivered in air-defence grey as well as all Starfighters built by Fiat (D-66xx series) and Lockheed (D-5xxx). Basically, fighter-bomber Starfighters were delivered in three-tone green / dark grey / light grey, but there was a lot of swapping around between Twenthe (OCU and 306), Leeuwarden (322 and 323, air defence) and Volkel (311 and 312, fighter-bomber).

Starfighter operations started at Twenthe, with air-defence grey aircraft. The first six aircraft that went to Leeuwarden were all grey (D-80xx) and Volkel aircraft were mostly three-tone (starting at D-82xx). A lot of Leeuwarden aircraft ended-up at Volkel in air-defence grey and some air-to-ground ones were delivered to Leeuwarden. The second-to last aircraft, D-8341, was built as basic and delivered in air-defence grey to Leeuwarden the last aircraft, D-8343 was also built as basic and delivered in air-defence grey but to Volkel.

Late 1960s, all aircraft were painted in the three-tone camouflage scheme, also the Leeuwarden ones. The last two were D-8121 and D-8341 which were painted in the three-tone scheme in 1970.

D-8331 was built as fighter-bomber but delivered to Leeuwarden in 1965. When Leeuwarden started to prepare for the F-16 in 1979, it was transferred to Volkel where it ended it's career with 312 and UFO. It is now preserved in the USA.

Mickey

PS: Dug this picture up from my archives (it's a Lockheed picture, the stamp is on the back). All four were built as fighter-bombers and delivered to Volkel, but as you can see, D-8257 is air-defence grey.



Some more air-defence grey Starfighters from my collection:

[wolf32]

OK not a close up but always loved this kind of sight when the "staf" was on approach.

Twente 13-06-1989

[Leeuwarden]

[Slijfie]

This one I found on the hard disk. Taken during a very sunny and great spottersday at Twenthe on October 1985.

Ciao, Rob

[Leeuwarden]

[warthog64]

anniversary 323 sqn leeuwarden october 1983,

[RobertS]

Photographed one of my old friends from the aircraft-recognition book of the Soviets - USSR, Bataysk flight-school 1961:





A MiG-17 driver with this book in 1963 at Kuschevskaya AB:



WP pilots opinion about the 104 in those times = very-very sexy plane

If these pics. are off-topic...sorry !

[con-v]

Today 25 years ago the last official flight of the dutch F-104's.

[Lexa Nas]

Nice to see the Russians write fonetic....

[eagle]

Soellingen 1/3/1986

[eagle]

Ready for T/O