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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Lockheed YF-104A Starfighter
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On February 17, 1956, test pilot Herman Richard (“Fish”) Salmon made the first flight of the Lockheed YF-104A service test prototype, Air Force serial number 55-2955 […]