LOCK ON F )PUBLICATIONS ® ®THE LOCKHEED C/N F-104 G/J STARFIGHTER Dedicated to the Tigers of the Slot Sqa BAF 7 VERLINDEN rr} ; °F, ) PUBLICATIONS ‘5ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ‘The Verlinden Team wishes to thank the following persons and offices for their valuable cooperation: Col. F. Wirtz, Base Commander Kieine Brogel AB Maj. Willy Blendeman, CO 31Sq. 10 FBW Kleine Broge! AB Maj. J.P. Sparenberg, VSI IRP Staf BAF Car. Frangois Aerts, the pilot who flew the tast official F-104 mission All Tiger pilots of 31 Sq. BAF The mechanics and ground crew of Kleine Broget Air Base Special thanks to all contributing photographers and to Ludo Lagrilliere for his valuable photolab work. Alphabetical list of used abbreviations: AB- After Burner / Air Base AIM - Air Intercept Missile BAF - Belgian Air Force CO -Commanding Officer ECM - Electronic Counter Measures FB - Fighter Bomber FRP - Fiber Reinforced Plastic IFF Identification Friend or Foe NATO -North Atlantic Treaty Organisation RNeAF -Royal Netherlands Air Force RPM -Revolutions Per Minute TACAN - TACtical Air Navigation TE - Trainer Fighter UHF -Ulira High Frequency USAFE -United States Air Force Europe The pictures in this book were taken with tne following cameras: Asahi Pentax ME and MX, Mamiya ZE, Canor FTB,and Minolta X61 with a 45mm, 55mm, 35-105mm zoom and 135mm lens The dia-positive films used are Kodachrome 25 KMI35, Kodachrome 64 KMI35 and Fujt 50. Copyright: © 1983 by Verlinden Publications a Verlinden & Stok pvba division Berlaarsestraat 36 2500 Lier / Belgium All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publishers. ISBN: 90-70932-01-6 Text & Research: Hans Wilms Scale drawings: Willy Peeters Lay-out & Ilustrations: Willy Peeters Printing: Lithos Wommelgem