It returned to the skies, supporting U.S. Air Force test contracts at Edwards AFB between August 1995 and January 1996. The aircraft was then sold in 1996 to Rick Svetkoff, who established a ...

The F-104’s safety record was, frankly, atrocious. Lightweight. Simple. Fast. The F-104 Starfighter was designed, in a time of increasing aircraft complexity and size, to be a straightforward ...