Lockheed F-104 Starfighter je ameriški enomotorni nazdvočni prestreznik in lovec/bombnik. Razvilo ga je podjetje Lockheed za Ameriške letalske sile, so ga pa uporabljale tudi številne druge države od leta 1958 do 2004, ko je zadnje letalo upokojila Italija. Je en izmed lovcev serije Century. Zgradili so 2578 letal.
USAF je F-104C uporabljala med Vietnamsko vojno, Pakistanci pa so uporabljali F-104A v Indo-Pakistanskih komfliktih, Tajvanski F-104 so sodelovali tudi v konfliktu glede otoka Quemoy.
Zgradili so tudi visokokrilni prototip Lockheed CL-1200, ki se pa ni prijel.
Starfighter je imel med uporabo veliko nesreč, posebej v Nemških letalskih silah. F-104 je bil politično precej kontroverzno letalo, deloma zaradi dragih nakupnih pogodb, deloma pa zaradi sposobnosti in nesreč.
Države uporabnice F-104:
Tehnične specifikacije (F-104G) right|upright=1.4|300px|Ortografska projekcija
Glej tudi Vzlet z mesta North American Eagle Project Lockheed XF-104 Lockheed NF-104A Canadair CF-104 Aeritalia F-104S CL-1200 Lancer and X-27 Lockheed U-2 Dassault Mirage III English Electric Lightning EWR VJ 101 Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger Saunders-Roe SR.177 Suhoj Su-15
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Zunanje povezave
Lockheed XF-104 to F-104A, F-104B/D, F-104C, and F-104G pages on USAF National Museum site Baugher's F-104 Index Page variants and operators The International F-104 Society "Super Starfighter" a 1961 Flight article
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