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Canadair CF-104 Starfighter
Land	Canada
Rolle	Interceptor fly, jagerbomber
Første flyvning	26. maj 1961
Bygget	200

Den Canadair CF-104 Starfighter CF-111, CL-90) var en modificeret version af Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersoniske kampfly bygget i Canada af Canadair på licens. Det blev primært brugt som et jordangrebsfly, på trods af at det var designet som en interceptor. Det tjente med Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) og senere de canadiske væbnede styrker (CAF), indtil det blev erstattet af McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet.

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Den Canadair CF-104 Starfighter was a Canadian-built version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a supersonic fighter aircraft that served with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and later the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) from 1961 to 1986. The CF-104 was designed as a low-level strike and reconnaissance aircraft, capable of carrying nuclear weapons and flying at speeds of up to Mach 2.2. The CF-104 was also known as the “Widowmaker” due to its high accident rate, which claimed the lives of 110 Canadian pilots. The CF-104 was replaced by the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet in the mid-1980s.