F-104 (Family)
Contents
Description
The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engined, supersonic interceptor aircraft which became widely used as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. It was originally developed by Lockheed for the United States Air Force (USAF), but was later sold to and produced by several other nations, seeing widespread service outside the United States.
Nicknames
| F-104 Nicknames | |
|---|---|
| ▃ Lockheed | missile with a man in it |
| ▃ Official | Starfighter |
| ▅ Official | Eiko (栄光, Glory) |
| ▃ Pilots | Oh-Four · Zip-Four · Zipper / Zip |
| ▀ Pilots | Zipper · Gustav (◄F-104G) |
| ▅ Pilots | Mitubishi Pencil |
| ▄ Pilots | Spillone (Hatpin) |
| ▃ Public | Widowmaker |
| ▀ Public | Witwenmacher (Widowmaker) · Fliegender Sarg (Flying coffin) · Erdnagel (Ground nail) |
Vehicles
 |
 |
 |
 |
 | |
VI Rank
|
 F-104A  F-104C  |
F-104J  |
␗F-104A  |
▄F-104G  F-104S  | |
VII Rank
|
◄F-104G  |
␗F-104G  |
 ▄F-104S TAF  F-104S.ASA  |
Media
- Videos
The Shooting Range #211 - Pages of History section at 04:15 discusses the Starfighter.
