Kickass Starfighter
The F-104 Starfighter was a kickass fighter jet flown by a number of countries. The USAF started flying the jet in 1958 and the Italian Air Force flew it into 2004. The Starfighter had a somewhat dubious safety record but who cares, it looked cool, sounded awesome and was kickass fast. It was one of those jets that looked fast just sitting there on the ramp. With those little, thin wings people said it was proof that with enough power you could get almost anything into the air. The Starfighter was actually involved in combat in a number of different conflicts but probably not too many turning fights. Especially among the NATO countries that flew the Starfighter, it lent itself to many, special paint schemes. Here’s a mixture of kickass Starfighter pictures.
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All cockpit, fuel and engine, with a couple of
little wings thrown in for good measure.
German Navy RF-104
Photo by Pere Terlouw
Nice view of the rear and the realization that the body of the
jet wasn't that much wider than the burner can.
Canada CF-104
Photo by Jan Jorgensen
Blue seems to work well.
Italy F-104S
Photo by Ed Groenendijk
One word describes this paint job. Kickass!!
German F-104G
Photo by Jet Power
Nice clean lines.
German F-104G
Photo by Rainer Mueller
Paint scheme by JR Tolkien.
Italy F-104S
Photo by Daniele Faccioli
You knew a Tiger Meet design had to be included.
Belgium F-104G
Photo by Jerden Zetz
Same colors and probably supposed to be a Tiger Meet
paint job but this looks more like a bumble bee.
Canada CF-104
Photo by Mike Freer
As always, put that Bavarian flag design on a jet and it screams beer. Kickass!!
German F-104G
Photo by Gerhard Plomitzer
Have you ever seen a sexually aroused male dog?
This all red design brings up images of that.
Italy F-104S
Photo by Roel Reijne
Two things here. Anytime you add a second cockpit to a single seat
fighter you ruin the asthetics. Second, yikes!! A little too foo-foo.
Italy TF-104G
Photo by Sven De Bevere
Maybe the best paint scheme of all, bare metal.
German F-104G
Photo by Gerard Helmer
You know on a cold day like this that the main concern
had to be to not overspeed the gear on takeoff.
German F-104G
Photo by Mike Freer
Need some jets in flight. Interesting point to carry the missiles.
The Netherlands F-104G
Photo by Joop De Groot
How do those little wings carry all that external gas?
Italy F-104S
Photo by Mike Freer
Kickass!! Clean and min drag. You know this one screamed like a raped ape.
Italy F-104S
Photo by David Cenciotti
Comments:
Dibbs
They used them for close ground support for a little while. But two passes and one staffing run and they were done. And they had to be refueled to get there, make their run and then get home. They finally flew Mig cap because no one would bother them.
I always enjoyed working on them. They either worked or they didn't. Not like the RF 101 or RF4C.