National Security Journal on MSN

The F-104 Starfighter ‘Widow Maker’ was one of the fastest fighters — and one of the most likely to kill the pilot flying it

Lockheed’s F-104 Starfighter was one of the fastest fighters of the early Cold War, capable of Mach 2 on a single General ...
Aviation Republic on MSNOpinion

The F-104 Starfighter - Lockheed built a monster and then kept pushing it further

The Starfighter’s rise was a mix of raw innovation and repeated danger. Lockheed chose the revolutionary J79, accepted brutal ...
The Aviationist

Tales From The Cockpit: Formation Aerobatics With The F-104 Starfighter

The thrills of formation aerobatics in the legendary F-104 Starfighter. Here I am, in the cockpit of an F-104G of the 28° Gruppo (Squadron) belonging to the 3° Stormo (Wing), of the Aeronautica ...
The Aviationist

Watch a Lockheed F-104 Starfighter perform an insane low level pass over a Dutch airbase in the 1980s

The “missile with a man in it” was one of the most badass planes ever. Overall, 2,580 Lockheed Martin F-104 Starfighter aircraft flew with the air forces of 15 countries in about 50 years. As already ...
CNET

Climb into the cockpit of an F-104 Starfighter

Ever wondered what it's like inside a B-17, the iconic bomber of WWII and dozens of movies? What about taking a peak inside the back of a C-47, the cargo plane that dropped thousands of paratroopers ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Sky High in a Starfighter

Zoom climbs in the rocket-boosted NF-104 could top out at 120,000 feet in zero gravity. The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter looked more like a rocket than an airplane. Out in front was a sharply pointed ...