1/72 HOBBYMASTER (HA1008) MESSERSCHMIDT-BOLKOW-BLOHM F104G STARFIGHTER (21-65) DEUTHCE BUNDES LUFTWAFFE JBG31 " BOELCKE " 1961 (LIMITED EDITION of 1500)

1/72 HOBBYMASTER (HA1008) MESSERSCHMIDT-BOLKOW-BLOHM F104G STARFIGHTER (21-65) DEUTHCE BUNDES LUFTWAFFE JBG31 " BOELCKE " 1961 (LIMITED EDITION of 1500) The German Air Force purchased about 1/3 of all F-104s produced, 915. The firstoperational unit to receive the Starfighter was Jagdbombergeschwader 31 "Boelcke"(JBG31), in 1961. This is the oldest flying unit in the present day Luftwaffe and named inmemory of Hauptmann Boelcke who was a WWI ace many times over. He also helpeddevelop many of the fighter tactics still used today. April 1982 Luftwaffe F-104Gssurpassed 200,00 flight-hours. Because the F-104 was such a difficult aircraft to fly JGB31 lost 18 planes killing 14 pilots.