ID Jordanian F-104

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The DJ
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ID Jordanian F-104

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Anyone able to help out with the id of this unmarked 104? Stumbled on it when driving from Irbid towards the Dead Sea.

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Re: ID Jordanian F-104

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Have a look at http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_RJAF_serials.htm
... 925 could be a candidate.
916 is also mentioned as pres in Irbid, but judging this video that one looks different.

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Re: ID Jordanian F-104

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Thanks Gerard, I had checked that site as well as this one http://www.i-f-s.nl/index86.htm
With the latter, three locations are mentioned without co-ordinates, so i searched for two of them in Google Earth as i had photographed the one in Ramtha the same day. The one in Ramtha is here, 32°32'6.85"N 36° 0'12.47"E.

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F-104 Preserved in the city of Ramtha, Jordan. by TheDJ2009, on Flickr

The one in Irbid, F-104B 925, is preserved at this location 32°32'11.81"N 35°52'8.44"E and was not seen by me.

Number three was the one in the city of Balila, but as Google Earth could not locate the city, I tracked down the route we drove towards the Dead Sea and found a preserved F-104 at this location 32°23'18.89"N 35°56'46.26"E This is apparently the city of Balila. Found a (May2010) photo http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/image/125818919 which shows serial 912 or 913, difficult to see on this pic. 913 should be preserved in the city of Safawi near Prins Hasan AB so I assume this one to be 912. My photo is from Aug2010 and by the looks of it it just received a fresh coat of paint.
Another mystery solved.... (I think)

Hope this helps anyone who is going to visit Jordan in the near future.
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