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 ...19 June 1959 829
A chute-braked landing by a Fiat G.91 attack/reconnaissance aircraft (Italy)
and the some again by Lockheed's F-104 Starfighter (US.A.). Below is Sweden's Saab J35 Draken...
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 ...& the Middle East
Southern Asia
F-16A/B Pakistan
Southern Asia total
Lockheed Martin F-16 total
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
NATO
F-22 Raptor USA
NATO total
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor total
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
NATO
F-104ASA-M/TF-104 Italy
NATO total
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter total
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Australasia, North & East Asia
F-111C/RF-111C/...
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 ...12 JUNE 1959 FLIGHT
IN OPERATIONAL SERVICE
With the selection by West Germany
of Lockheed's F-104 Starfighter, the
services of the world's most thoroughly
tested and efficient interceptor are made
ava...
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 ...4 AUGUST 1959 FLIGHT 19
MULTI-MISSION FIGHTER
The F-1O4 Start ighter
Never before has a single airplane
done so many things so well as the
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. Its mis-
sions include:
Identification
Interception
Bombing
Reconnaissance
Attrition
Air Superiority
After a two-year evaluation period
during which West German Defense
Min...
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 ...OPERATIONS:DEFENCE
Rafale delayed in defence slowdown
BY GILBERT SEDBON
The initial operating capability of the French Air Force's
Dassault Rafale D fighter has
been pushed back by almost a
year...
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 ...sale of Northrop F-20 Tiger-
sharks to Taiwan went ahead.
The USA backed down, and the
IDF programme was begun in
1982. It has been shrouded in
secrecy ever since.
The IDF will replace Taiwan's
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and
Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighters in
the 1990s. •
Dutch computerise met forecasts
The Royal Netherlands Air Force is now operating a
computer-based meteorological
in...
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 ...030 FLIGHT International, II April 1981
Belgian Air Force publishes
accident figures
ACCIDENT figures published by the
Belgian Air Force show an increase
in Lockheed F-104 Starfighter acci
dents and a decline in Dassault
Mirage 5 accidents. The 1980
statistics show a loss of five aircraft
with three pilots killed. Three Ger
man civilians were killed ...
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 ...422 FLIGHT International, 22 March 1%1
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Mach 2 in Pakistan The Pakistan Air Force is now operating Lockheed F-I04C Starfighters purchased from the USAF. Two of them are seen hen,...
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 ...k
Hawker Tempest
Hawker Typhoon
Hawker Siddeley types—see under
original de Havilland names
Hunting Percival Pembroke
Hunting Percival Jet Provost
llyushin 11-18
Junkers Ju87B
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Lockheed C-130A Hercules
Lockheed I649A Constellation
Lockheed Electra
Marcel Dassault Mirage III
Mig-15
Miles Master I
Miles Merchantman
Miles Student
North American X-15
N...
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 ...k
Hawker Tempest
Hawker Typhoon
Hawker Siddeley types—see under
original de Havilland names
Hunting Percival Pembroke
Hunting Percival Jet Provost
llyushin 11-18
Junkers Ju87B
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Lockheed C-130A Hercu les
Lockheed I649A Constellation
Lockheed Electra
Marcel Dassault Mirage III
Mig-15
Miles Master I
Miles Merchantman
Milej Student
North American X-15
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 ...to the Air Force for
evaluation. Recent figures show that atthe end of last year 581 civil aircraft were
registered in Switzerland, including fourhelicopters, 173 sailplanes and five balloons.
U.S.A.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. A Star-fighter is to be fitted with Sidewinder
missiles for test at the Naval OrdnanceTest Station, China Lake, California,
where the missile was developed.
North American ...
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 ...Future of flight
MAN IN THEL
• • :
In the fourth of our series, we look at combat
aircraft evolution - does the way forward lie in
UAVs, manned aircraft - or both?
GRAHAM WARWICK / WASHINGTON DC...
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 ...aining engine was overhauled, giving an unscheduled
removal rate of one per ll,977hr."
F-104 Round-up
IT is difficult to assess the total world production currently
authorized for all versions of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter but
the figure is certainly in excess of 2,000. At present the totals
appear to be:
US Air Force, approximately 400. The performance of the originalF-104A day fighter and F-...
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 ...essors, and for the same reason they were
much quieter.
Following the B-47 and F-86 in daring and innovation,
Lockheed in 1952 came up with a design that was to
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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, above, was
known as the missile with a man in it. Its
practically flat-plate aerofoil apparently made
a mockery of classical aerofoil theory. Left,
most successful Amer...
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 ...DEFENCE
Belgium
to service
GLCMs
BRUSSELS
The Belgian Defence Minister
has confirmed that mainte
nance of all 464 US ground-
launched cruise missiles
(GLCMs) now being deployed
in five Nato c...
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"Cutaway ^ master
For 40 years Frank Munger's
artistic pen and technical mind
have cut away the latest
aircraft and engines to reveal
the mechanical complexities
within. A retir...
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 ...DEFENCE ANALYSIS
New model air force
ANDREA SPINELLI/GENOA
The Italian air force is about to add its name to the list of
European armed services to suffer
serious budget cuts, by embarking
on a ...
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 ...ase profits while simplifying maintenance."
The Collier Trophy, awarded annually for "the greatest Americanaviation achievement with value thoroughly demonstrated in opera-
tion," has been won by the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. Five co-recipients are Mr. C. L. Johnson, designer of the airframe; Mr. Neil
Burgess and Mr. Gerhard Neumann, responsible for the developmentof the J79 engine; and Lt-Col. ...
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 ...of 76,828ft.
F11F-1 Tiger: Span, 31/f 7in; length, 40ft 10m; height, 12ft Sin; grossweight, less than 20,000 Ib; max. speed, about 850 m.p.h.; landing over
50/l on to runway, total distance, 3,100/t.
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Holder of the world records for absolutespeed and altitude, the F-104 is built to a unique configuration, with
a stubby razor-edged wing and a T-tail. The 55ft fuselage hous...
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 ...lare-dispensers.
In addition, a new radar and
navigation suite is being consid
ered for the G.222.
The air force will also decide
during the next few months on
the extent of an upgrade for its
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter fleet.
Some 44 of the 143 aircraft are
in the fighter-bomber configura
tion and are scheduled to be
phased out in the next few years.
The remaining interceptors
are to...
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