Changes: F-104 Starfighter

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The F-104 Starfighter was a type of American interceptor aircraft used by the United States Air Force in the late 1960s.

Captain John Christopher piloted an F-104, code-named Bluejay 4, in 1969 when he made visual contact with the USS Enterprise, which was perceived as a UFO. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")

List of Starfighters

Serial #70914, Registry FG-914 (Bluejay 4)
Serial #70915, Registry FG-915
Serial #70926, Registry FG-926
Serial #70969, Registry FG-969

This aircraft type, the Lockheed F-104, was not identified by name on screen, but is derived from visual identification from its appearance in "Tomorrow is Yesterday". It was also identified as this type of craft in the Star Trek Concordance. The footage used on screen and the still shown here are from George AFB, California.
Starfighter FG-926 was prominently featured in CGI by Douglas E. Graves on the November spread of the Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2012) calendar, pictured on the left. The same scene had already been featured previously in two earlier outings of the same calendar series; by Robert Bonchune for his December spread in the 2012 edition – though it could not be discerned which F-104 was seen – , whereas Aurore DeBlois depicted the disintegration of Bluejay 4 in the January spread for the 2007 outing.

External links

F-104 Starfighter at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
F-104 Starfighter at Wikipedia

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-{{bginfo|[[File:Ships of the Line 2012 November spread.jpg|left|180px]]Starfighter FG-926 was prominently featured in [[CGI]] on the November spread of the [[Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2012)]] calendar, as shown on the left.|This aircraft type, the Lockheed F-104, was not identified by name on screen, but is derived from visual identification from its appearance in "Tomorrow is Yesterday". It was also identified as this type of craft in the ''[[Star Trek Concordance]]''. The footage used on screen and the still shown here are from George AFB, California.}}
+{{bginfo|This aircraft type, the Lockheed F-104, was not identified by name on screen, but is derived from visual identification from its appearance in "Tomorrow is Yesterday". It was also identified as this type of craft in the ''[[Star Trek Concordance]]''. The footage used on screen and the still shown here are from George AFB, California.|[[File:Ships of the Line 2012 November spread.jpg|left|180px]]Starfighter FG-926 was prominently featured in [[CGI]] by [[Douglas E. Graves]] on the November spread of the [[Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2012)]] calendar, pictured on the left. The same scene had already been featured previously in two earlier outings of the same calendar series; by [[Robert Bonchune]] for his December spread in the [[Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2012)|2012]] edition &ndash; though it could not be discerned which F-104 was seen &ndash; , whereas [[Aurore DeBlois]] depicted the disintegration of Bluejay 4 in the January spread for the [[Star Trek: Ships of the Line (2007)|2007]] outing.}}
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