{"id":58519,"date":"2025-01-26T17:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T16:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=58519"},"modified":"2026-01-26T02:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:30:41","slug":"some-images-of-spanish-f-104-starfighter-fighters-of-the-16th-fighter-wing-in-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/01\/26\/some-images-of-spanish-f-104-starfighter-fighters-of-the-16th-fighter-wing-in-1965\/","title":{"rendered":"Some images of Spanish F-104 Starfighter fighters of the 16th Fighter Wing in 1965"},"content":{"rendered":"

The F-104 is one of the most beautiful fighters of all those operated by Spain, which had them in service between 1965 and 1972.<\/p>\n

The history of the F-104 Starfighter that the Spanish Air Force keeps at Torrej\u00f3n Air Base<\/a><\/rel>
\nEl Basilio: an incident that tested the cutting wings of a Spanish F-104 fighter<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

The Spanish Air Force had 21 F-104s<\/strong> (18 single-seater F-104Gs and 3 two-seater TF-104G trainers). The first seven (5 single-seaters and 2 two-seaters) arrived at Rota Naval Base on 15 January 1965. The aircraft were initially assigned to the 161 Squadron of the 16th Fighter Wing<\/strong>, formerly known as the 6th Fighter Wing, based in Torrej\u00f3n, which until then had operated Spain's first jet fighters: the F-86F Sabre. This unit was the first to use the famous cat emblem and the motto \"No le busques tres pies...\"<\/strong> (Don't look for three feet), currently used by Wing 12.<\/p>\n

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A Lockheed F-104G Starfighter at the Cuatro Vientos Air Museum in April 2011. This aircraft was not one of the 21 operated by Spain. It was used by the Luftwaffe's JABoG 36. Initially the starboard half of the aircraft was painted with the decoration that the C.8-15 \/ 104-15 had in the Spanish Air Force's 12th Wing. The port half was preserved with its German decoration and the numeral 26+23. In 2017 this aircraft was restored, being decorated in both halves as a Spanish fighter with the numeral 104-02 and registration C.8-02 (Photo: Elentir<\/a>).<\/div>\n

Today, the Fly By Wire Aviation<\/a> channel (which I recommend you subscribe to if you like everything related to the world of aviation) has published some interesting images of the Spanish F-104s in 1965<\/strong>, when they were operating with the 16th Fighter Wing. In the video we can see both single-seat F-10Gs and two-seat TF-104Gs, as well as the facilities used by these fighters in Torrej\u00f3n:<\/p>\n