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F-104C-5-LO, 56-0910, Capt. James B. Trice, 435th TFS,

479th TFW, Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, 1967

One of the first F-104 delivered to the Udorn AFB

on June 6, 1966 was Starfighter serial number

56-0910. It was assigned as a personal mount to

Capt. James Trice who had his Starfighter nose

decorated with a nose art with the inscription

PUSSYCAT. Initially the noseart consisted of the

cat caricature only, the text was applied later.

After the operations in Udorn ceased, in July 1967

the aircraft was flown back to the USA to the

Muniz AFB in Puerto Rico and starting in August

1967 it was assigned to the 198th TFS.

F-104C-5-LO, 56-0938, Maj. Bobby D. Betsworth, 435th TFS,

479th TFW, Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, June-August 1967

This Starfighter was one of the first eight aircraft

of this type delivered to the Udorn AFB on June

6, 1966. It was typically flown by Maj. Bobby

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Bedsworth who hailed from Missouri nicknamed

Show Me State. For that reason the nose of his

aircraft was decorated with a mule and this

inscription. After the operations in Udorn ceased,

on August 20, 1967 the airplane was flown back to

the USA to the Muniz AFB in Puerto Rico.

INFO Eduard

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