F-104 Starfighter

F-104 Starfighter
Tip	airplane with 1 engine[*][[airplane with 1 engine (fixed-wing aircraft powered by a single main engine)|​]] Interceptor military aircraft with 1 engine[*][[military aircraft with 1 engine (aircraft class)|​]] land-based fighter monoplane[*][[land-based fighter monoplane (aircraft class designed for air combat capable of operation from land with one main lifting surface)|​]] Avion cu reacție Avion de vânătoare
Constructor	Lockheed Corporation[*][[Lockheed Corporation (1926-1995 aerospace manufacturer in the United States)|​]] Canadair[*][[Canadair (aircraft manufacturer)|​]] Mitsubishi Aeritalia[*][[Aeritalia (former aerospace manufacturer in Italy)|​]]
Zbor inaugural	17 februarie 1956
Introdus	20 februarie 1958
Beneficiar principal	United States Air Force Luchtcomponent van Defensie[*][[Luchtcomponent van Defensie (air warfare branch of Belgian Armed Forces)|​]] Forțele Aeriene Regale Canadiene[*]​ Flyvevåbnet[*][[Flyvevåbnet (air warfare branch of Denmark's armed forces)|​]] Luftwaffe[*]​ Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia[*][[Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia (air warfare branch of Greece's military)|​]] Aeronautica Militare[*][[Aeronautica Militare (air warfare branch of Italy's armed forces)|​]] Japan Air Self-Defense Force[*][[Japan Air Self-Defense Force (air warfare branch of Japan's armed forces)|​]] Royal Jordanian Air Force[*][[Royal Jordanian Air Force (air warfare branch of Jordan's military)|​]] Forțele Aeriene Regale ale Olandei Luftforsvaret[*][[Luftforsvaret (air warfare branch of Norway's armed forces)|​]] Pakistan Air Force[*][[Pakistan Air Force (air warfare branch of Pakistan's armed forces)|​]] Republic of China Air Force[*][[Republic of China Air Force (aviation branch of the Republic of China's armed forces on Taiwan)|​]] Ejército del Aire y del Espacio[*][[Ejército del Aire y del Espacio (air and space warfare branch of Spain's armed forces)|​]] Türk Hava Kuvvetleri[*][[Türk Hava Kuvvetleri (Air warfare branch of Turkish Armed Forces)|​]]
Bucăți fabricate	2.578

F-104 Starfighter

Taiwan Air Force F-104J

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter este un interceptor monomotor supersonic de înaltă performanță. Timp de 30 de ani a fost interceptorul standard al țărilor membre ale NATO. Datorită formei sale, a fost supranumit "racheta pilotată". Proiectat în 1950 ca o consecință a Războiului Coreean, fiind ușor, simplu și având performanțe uluitoare, aparatul F-104 al celor de la Lockheed a fost dezvoltat în cele din urma într-un avion de interceptare sofisticat, care putea zbura în toate condițiile meteorologice. F-104 a rămas in serviciu operativ pana in 2004.