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Starfighters Aerospace’s Stunning Black Painted TF-104 Starfighter Flies Again at Kennedy Space Center!

January 28, 2021 David Cenciotti

Dubbed “Black Beauty” the Starfighters’ TF-104 is a former two-seater retired by the Italian Air Force almost 20 years ago. Based at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and operating under authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration, […]

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“Black Beauty”: One Of The Last (And Most Beautiful) Special Colored F-104 Starfighters Of The Italian Air Force

November 29, 2019 David Cenciotti

Many consider “Black Beauty” the coolest F-104 Starfighter in special color scheme of the Aeronautica Militare. Of the 15 nations that flew the 2,580 Lockheed F-104 Starfighter jets produced, Italy is the only one that […]

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Watch Starfighters’ TF-104 Intercept and Escort “One More Orbit” G650ER World Record Flight To NASA’s KSC

August 23, 2019 David Cenciotti

65 years since its first flight, the F-104s of the NASA’s KSC-based “Starfighters” continue to carry out a variety of missions for government and commercial customers. Starfighters operates the world’s only fleet of flight-ready F-104s. […]

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Check out these stunning videos of the iconic F-104 Starfighter flying for the first time in 33 years in Norway

September 30, 2016 David Cenciotti

A civilian-owned CF-104D Starfighter flew for its first time in 33 years in Norway. And here are some of the coolest clips filmed during the historical “first flight.” On Sept. 28, CF-104D Starfighter “637” / LN-STF […]

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How the legendary Starfighter was used to train astronauts: the story of the NF-104

April 10, 2015 Dario Leone

The story of how the Starfighter was used to train future astronauts. Being the first operational aircraft able to reach and maintain a speed of more than Mach 2.0, the Lockheed F-104 was a huge […]

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