F-104A of the SC Air National Guard
This model built as a F-104A with the SC ANG depicting a Starfighter circa 1960 from the Monogram F-104C kit . F-104A vs the U-2: "Maj Gen Stan Hood, then Starfighter pilot with South Carolina ANG (SCANG) recalls a high-altitude sortie on which he was launched from five-minute alert status to intercept an ‘intruder’. Not informed of its identity, Hood’s ‘target’ was being trailed by an F- 101 that was flying at 56,000 ft — the Voodoo’s maximum altitude; `I went by the F-101 at Mach 2. If I’d had communication with that airplane I could have contacted him, but I had no reason to. I could have gone up another 10,000 ft with no trouble at all, but I slowed down with a split-S maneuver at 63,000 ft and returned to base, as I was getting too far south. When I got back I called the F-101 pilot and he said, “Was that you that went by me?” I said, -Where was the real target then?” He replied that it was 15,000 ft above him and 20 miles in front. We were sworn to secrecy, but were lat