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F-104 Starfighter, .... good-bye! Dutch Starfighters played a striking role in the early morning of June 11, 1977. On this day six F-104s from 322 Squadron were deployed against South Moluccan train hijackers who had been near the Punt, in Drente, for almost three weeks. With roaring afterburners, they caused the confusion during the liberation campaign by marines. The action during the train hijacking was one of the last feats of arms for the Dutch Starfighters. In the Netherlands, the Starfighter was exchanged for the F-16 in 1979 shortly afterwards. Although a Conversion Department Volkel (CAV) remained operational as a retraining aircraft until 1984. The Netherlands flew the F-104 for 22 years, making a total of 345,000 flight hours. Forty-three Starfighters were accidentally written off before the last flight was made on November 21, 1984. A large number of Starfighters were handed over to the Turkish Air Force, 43 F / RF-104Gs and 10 trainers, TF-104Gs.
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