F-104 Starfighter

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The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a single-engine supersonic interceptor aircraft that served with the USAF from 1958 until 1967, and the first combat aircraft capable of sustained speeds above Mach 2. A highly inovative plane designed by Kelly Johnson to meet demands generated by the Korean war, it featured many design firsts.

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  • F104s reputation

    It's unfortunate that the bad rep is still carried around by this cool jet. Most of it is undeserved and is repeated as a myth by people who don't really understand what a hot jet the 104 is. Many of the other operators (mostly smaller than the Luftwaffe which created the problem) didn't have any problems with the 104 and had far fewer crash rates. As a matter of fact, overall it has a lower crash rate than the F-100 which has a great reputation. As for the corruption, that's definitely true, although, the weapons industry in general has always been a corrupt industry no matter which country is involved.

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  • widow maker

    this plane had a bad rep as a pilot killer and was caught in the middle of on of the largest bribery and corruption scandels in us history .

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