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MMP/Stratus No. 6136: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter


LSP_Kevin

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Ahh the mighty Starfighter, Germanys first jet post war I believe.. They used to say in RAF Germany if you want to own a Starfighter buy a patch of land and sooner or later one will plow into it.

 

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I think the first German postwar jet was the Sabre.

F-84 actually, arrived in 56 and became operational in 57. The Sabre's didn't arrive until a couple years later.

 

The confusion is likely because JaBoG 31 was the first jet wing and also the first F-104G wing a few years later, the F-84's didn't last long, and because JG 71 was the first Jet fighter wing when it stood up on Sabre 6's in 59 (JaBoG 31 is a strike wing)

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A T-33A (AB+101/54-1560) was the very first jet aircraft to display (non-standard) Bundesluftwaffe markings in September 1956:

 

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