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Also Known As Starfighter

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F-104
F-104 Starfighter
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter climbing into the upper atmosphere with the aid of an auxiliary rocket engine during astronaut training at Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S., in 1957.
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