In May 2003, I had the opportunity to fly a mission on board an MB-339A of the locally based 609^ Squadriglia Collegamenti to take some air-to-air pictures of the F-104 Starfighter belonging to the ...
When the first preproduction YF-104A (55-2961) arrived at the High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards in August 1956, it did not arrive as a combat aircraft. It came to prove that speed could be studied ...
It's a lot closer to Christmas than it is to Halloween right now. But because it's Celebration Month here at autoevolution, we've decided to focus on something very, very spooky. On the face of it, ...
2,580 F-104 were employed by the air forces of 15 countries in about 50 years. The F-104 represented a huge leap forward for all those countries that passed from old subsonic and “forgiving” jets to a ...
The West German Luftwaffe hated the Lockheed F-104 Starfighters. No, really, they couldn't stand the things. For so many well-documented and well-remembered reasons, the Luftwaffe Starfighters were ...
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Throwback to Starfighters Space’s F-104 satellite launch plan

Rick Orford reviewed Starfighters Space’s STARLAUNCH plan to air-launch small satellites using an F-104 fighter jet. He also ...
Six of the US Air Force’s most iconic aircraft were featured in the 1983 film The Right Stuff—each of which played a role in advancing America’s exploration of space. What You Need to Know: The ...
“I was the flight lead and intended to use as much deception as I could.” The Lockheed F-104 was the first operational fighter capable of sustaining speeds above Mach 2. Thanks to this ability the ...
Image: SwRI researchers and suborbital payload specialists are undergoing flight training aboard F-104 aircraft operated by Starfighters Inc. Image courtesy of Southwest Research Institute As part of ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., July 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The commercial space race has been defined by ever-larger rockets from ever-larger companies. But roughly 1,200 miles per hour above Florida's Space ...
Once a common sight in European skies, the F-104 Starfighter has been out of military service for well over a decade. The last major user was the Italian Air Force, and indeed the author’s last ...
Starfighters Space sold shares Dec. 18, raising $22.1 million gross that the company says will support its pursuit of its StarLaunch suborbital space launch programs. “With this milestone completed, ...