Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter “Immelmann”, Luftwaffe, 1966 Diecast - 1/72

This is a 1/72 scale military scale diecast model from Hobby Master. This is the Lockheed RF-104G Starfighter EA+235, AG 51 “Immelmann”, Luftwaffe, 1966.
With its short, incredibly sharp wings, the F-104 Starfighter was a ground-breaking design. It was the first plane that could sustain Mach 2 for longer than brief intervals. Records for speed and rate of ascent were broken by the Starfighter, and the results are still remarkable today. The plane was dubbed "The Missile With A Man In It" because of its extraordinarily high speed. Fifteen or more nations bought the F-104 due to budgetary concerns. The last Starfighter aircraft was decommissioned in Italy in 2004 after it flew with the United States Air Force in 1958.

In November 1963, the first RF-104G was delivered to the West German Air Force. On November 22, 1963, EA+235 was one of the delivered RF-104Gs. Canadian Starfighters from the 439th and 441st Squadrons, based at RCAF Marville, France, engaged in a combat exchange with four Starfighters from the West German Air Force AG51 "Immelmann," based at Ingolstadt-Manching AB, in July 1966. Throughout the exchange, West German aircraft from AG51 covered any AG51 markings with their "Red Squirrel" logo and Canadian flags on the tail. The decommissioning of AG51 took place on March 17, 1993.