2024年3月1日 · The story of the F-104 begins in the skies over Korea, where U.S. pilots in F-86 Sabres battled MiG-15s, many of them secretly flown by Russian pilots.

2013年5月11日 · In October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis erupted and USAF suddenly decided they needed F-104 units in south Florida. Bob and his squadron were tasked to check out a bunch of USAF pilots to make up a new active duty F-104 squadron.

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic interceptor which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War.

The story of the F-104RB (c/n 2051-hybrid) "N104RB" Red Baron speed record aircraft. In 1966 Lockheed decided to get rid of their production reference Starfighter fuselage with c/n 2051. It was no longer needed and a bit later it fell into the hands of a …

2020年6月16日 · Fascinating stories and photographs from another era. As many of you will remember, last week we published an interesting story that included rare photographs of NATO fighter jets taken from...

2023年12月8日 · A primary role for the F-104 Starfighter in Southeast Asia was the protection of the Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star aircraft that patrolled off the coast of North Vietnam, providing MiG warnings to US pilots via their radar and monitoring equipment.

CF-104 Air operations at Lahr ceased in 1970, when it became a Canadian Army base, but 1 Canadian Air Group Headquarters remained there, co-located with the Canadian Forces Europe Headquarters. The airfield at Lahr remained operational for air transport operations as well as being a deployment base for the CF-104s from Baden-Soellingen.

Warren Hunt was to fly the F-104 with the 83rd FIS at Hamilton. Here is Warren Hunt's hair-raising F-104 story. The following relates a few interesting moments in a fighter pilot's life during the early years of jet age development.

2024年11月2日 · What You Need to Know: The Lockheed F-104 “Starfighter,” developed by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson’s Skunk Works, was a Cold War marvel known for its Mach-2.0 speed and sleek, missile-like ...

Five years from its last flight, an exceptional collection of the most rare and stunning images of 42 years of service, recalls the history of one of the most famous, loved and controversial...