F-104G 312sq
Leeuwarden, 21 October 1983.
A Volkel based Starfighter is taxiing out at Leeuwarden for a target towing mission. Leeuwarden only had F-16s in 1983.
The dart is an Alkan-Soulé type target system. The F-16s used to shoot at them over the sea north of the Frisian islands.
The last Dutch F-104s were retired on 21 November 1984. D-8245 is preserved on a pole near Soesterberg airbase.
F-104G 312sq
Leeuwarden, 21 October 1983.
A Volkel based Starfighter is taxiing out at Leeuwarden for a target towing mission. Leeuwarden only had F-16s in 1983.
The dart is an Alkan-Soulé type target system. The F-16s used to shoot at them over the sea north of the Frisian islands.
The last Dutch F-104s were retired on 21 November 1984. D-8245 is preserved on a pole near Soesterberg airbase.