Nor was West Germany the only foreign operator to have runaway safety problems with the F-104: Italy would go on to lose 37 percent of its Starfighter fleet, while Canada would lose 46 percent.

Following the requests I received from aircraft enthusiasts and modelers, I’ve decided to prepare a specific article to describe differences and peculiarities of the various F-104 versions that ...

Even today, Italy flies 64 highly upgraded F-104S models. Ask Delashaw about the 104’s checkered reputation and he scoffs. Is a race-prepped Ferrari an easy car to drive? If you handed the keys ...

Since then, the smoke trailing every F-104 became part of that area’s landscape ... A Gruppo, the 22nd at Istrana, NE Italy, was already disbanded and consequently Starfighter from both ...