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From: rdd@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Robert Dorsett)
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Subject: Re: Persian Gulf Combat Aircraft--Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
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From: rdd@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Robert Dorsett)
>Number 33 in the series--the Lockheed Starfighter flown by the air forces
>of Italy, Jordan, and Turkey:

It seems that Jordan no longer uses the F-104B.  An article on the Royal 
Jordanian Air Force in the November 1987 AIR INTERNATIONAL indicates that they
're only used for decoys now.  Jordan's front-line aircraft are some 70-odd
F-5's and F-1 Mirages.  Modernization has been on the mind of the Government
for quite a while, but, unfortunately, they can't afford it.  




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