That poor base commander... He was so proud in showing us his newly delivered hi-tech F-16's. All we wanted to see were his last old Starfighters. "You really want to see these? They are old!". Alas, we headed to a far-away ramp on a very, very hot Mürted airbase, close to Ankara. The last 142Filo F-104's were parked there, awaiting their transfer to other units.

TF-104G 5914/4-914 (ex-Lw 27+85) was pictured before heading to Balikesir to serve with 9AJU for a few more years. Scrapped at Balikesir in 1995.