Between the Starfighter's limited and not-all-that-impressive stint in the Vietnam War and its service elsewhere, the F-104 earned an aircraft-loss rate of 25.2 per 100,000 flight hours.

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was one of the fastest jets of its time, but it came with a cost. Dubbed the "Flying Coffin", this aircraft had an alarmingly high crash rate. Was it a revolutionary ...

Starfighter was designed, in a time of increasing aircraft complexity and size, to be a straightforward, single-engine rocket ship, capable of intercepting and deterring during a period fraught with ...

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is one of the most iconic aircraft of the Cold War. It was noted for being the first production aircraft to sustain Mach 2 speed, and it ...

What It’s Like to Fly the 1,400 MPH Supersonic F-104 Starfighter Jet "It was like a missile with a man on it," says veteran pilot Evan Dick. Published on December 18, 2022.

The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is one of the most iconic aircraft of the Cold War. It was noted for being the first production aircraft to sustain Mach 2 speed, and it flew more than 5,000 sorties ...

A Tu-16K Badger flying close to the Italian airspace, photographed by an ItAF F-104. “The aircraft in the shelters had already been checked and positioned in such a way that all idle flight gear ...

An F-16, F/A-18 and A-6 greet visitors outside the museum. Until recently the museum consisted of three large hangars with a smattering of parked aircraft outside.

A renovated F-104 Starfighter — a Vietnam-era supersonic interceptor aircraft — will be dedicated to three former F-104 fighter pilots during a private ceremony on Friday and during a public ...

Once a common sight in European skies, the F-104 Starfighter has been out of military service for well over a decade. The last major user was the Italian Air Force, and indeed the author’s last ...

The F-104 Starfighter was built for national militaries to fly, not airline pilots. Every second he’s up there he’s burning money faster than the airplane is sucking fuel.

The aircraft was prepared for the anniversary of the arrival in Tokyo. Even though the F-104 Starfighter was retired by the Italian Air Force in 2005 (last operational flight on Oct. 31, 2004 ...