F-104

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F-104 Starfighter

Designation: F-104 Manufacturer: Lockheed Nationality: American First Flight: March 4, 1954 Remarks: The USAF's first Mach 2 fighter, designed by Kelly Johnson's Lockheed Skunk Works

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• Wikipedia entry for F-104 Starfighter

• Airpower Classics: F-104 Starfighter by Boyne, Walter J., Air Force Magazine, Vol. 91, No. 2 (February 2008)

• Lockheed XF-104 TO F-104A Starfighter  at National Museum of the US Air Force factsheet

• 916-Starfighter.de describes the history of the F-104 in German service

• Lockheed/Canadair F-104A Starfighter  at Canada Aviation Museum history of Canada's Starfighters

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