{"id":1162,"date":"2017-04-18T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2017-04-18T19:00:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T16:00:58","slug":"the-f-104-starfighter-flies-again-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"The F-104 Starfighter Flies Again \u2013 in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Norwegian project Lockheed F-104G Starfighter<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

It was 9 years since Europe saw its last flying Starfighter. Or was it? Norwegians on Wednesday 28 September once more had the opportunity to see and hear a flying Starfighter, as a two seater CF-104 took off from Bod\u00f8<\/span> airbase after a lengthy restoration proces. Europe has a flying Starfighter again!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US has Lockheed F-104s participating in the airshow circuit, but Europe was cut off from flying Starfighters after the last Italian F-104s retired in 2007. That has now changed because of a Norwegian project to bring back to life an F-104 that was stuck on the ground for the previous 33 years.<\/p>\n

The F-104 took off from Bod\u00f8<\/span> for its first flight in all those years, immediately producing that famous howling sound with its General Electric J79 engine. Hear it in the clip below.
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