The US Air Force continues it’s attempts to with draw the A-10 Warthog from service in favour of the F-35, despite the types sterling service over the past few decades. We wrote a Dutch language article about it, read it over at ThePostOnline.nl

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I have added two new walkarounds, one of a RAF Harrier and one of a RNLAF Apache. Both are not complete walkarounds but I hope they can still be usefull to some one.

RNLAF AH-64D Walkaround

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RAF Harrier Gr.7 ZD465 Walkaround

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I am back from vacation with a new update of the profile section;

First is a Luftwaffe special, 2036 painted in a special paintscheme for the retirement of the F-104 from JBG-32.

F-104G 683-2043

Followed by three Italian Airforce specials

F-104S ASA-M M.M.6716

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F-104S M.M.6869

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If you built scale models in the 90’s you very likely built a Revell 1/32 version of this one! The quite well known cat and mouse paintscheme was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 51st Stormo.

F-104S ASA-M M.M.6930

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This machine was painted in the Bugatti colours for the occasion of a race against a motorcycle of the firm, the end result was a 1 – 1 draw!

The Italian Airforce F-104 section has been expanded with a single seat and a couple of two seaters, check them out via the links below!

F-104G M.M.6579

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TF-104G M.M.54253

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TF-104G M.M.54553

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For today we have a international group of F-104’s including two new operators to my collection! The first new operator is the Belgian Airforce with a very colorful Tiger Meet participant.

F-104G FX52

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Next is 4900 from the Norwegian airforce, a Canadair built CF-104. 4900 was the last CF-104 of the line and served with the Canadian Airforce before being sold to the Norwegian Airforce where it served untill it met its fate on the 18th of january 1983 when the pilot lost control at low altitude and was forced to eject. The pilot survived the ejection but 900 impacted the sea and was lost.

CF-104 4900

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And the other new user is the United States Airforce. It took me some time to decide under which operator to put this machine as it was actually owned by the West-German Luftwaffe who used to train their pilots at Luke Airforce base. The aircraft used for this training wore United States Airforce paintscheme’s. The nickname for the unit was the “Cactus Airforce Staffel”

F-104G 6313269

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New additions to the profile section for today are a trio of NASA Starfighters;

F-104N N812NA NASA

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F-104N N813NA NASA

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TF-104G N825NA NASA

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I hope to be adding more NASA machines as I complete them so I can show each major variant the agency operated!

I have added a facebook page for my website making it easier to keep you updated, check it out here

I have added a new F-104 user to the website, the Royal Netherlands Air Force. Check out the illustrations by clicking the thumbnails below or by using the site navigation.

F-104G D-8051

F-104G D-8061

F-104G D-8063

F-104G D-8257

F-104G D-8312

F-104G D-8341

I have added some new Luftwaffe and Marineflieger F-104’s to the profiles section including some very colourfull examples. You can click the images below to go directly to each aircrafts page or browse the profiles section via the normal page navigation.

TF-104G 583F-5961

F-104G 683D-7036

F-104G 683D-7409

F-104G 683D-7418

I have added a few Canadian Armed Forces CF-104’s to the profile section. Canada was on of the liberating powers in world war 2 and as such was given the responsibility for a sector of western Germany after the war. The Canadian Air Group operated from Baden Sollingen in central Germany and flew the CF-104. Later on they would reequip with the CF-18 Hornet. Here some examples of CF-104’s in the overall green colourscheme, I am planning to do the unpainted and the later tri-tone schemes too along with some of the many special colourschemes these machines carried in the future.

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