Lockheed F-104

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Perched on a dry grassy mound in the middle of the flat Zeeland countryside, this weathered F-104 stands as a lonely sentinel against the open sky. The grey fuselage, still bearing its D-8030 markings, long nose probe, and wingtip tanks, tilts upward as if caught mid-launch, frozen in a static monument to a bygone era. Despite the bright blue sky and wispy clouds, there’s a quiet, monumental weight to the scene—the jet intact but worn, gazing out over endless green fields with no one around to remember its purpose.

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