diff --git a/game/ato/ai_flight_planner_db.py b/game/ato/ai_flight_planner_db.py
index 6f0cdd5f..ae82f447 100644
--- a/game/ato/ai_flight_planner_db.py
+++ b/game/ato/ai_flight_planner_db.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ from dcs.unittype import FlyingType
 from game.dcs.aircrafttype import AircraftType
 from pydcs_extensions.a4ec.a4ec import A_4E_C
 from pydcs_extensions.f100.f100 import VSN_F100
-from pydcs_extensions.f104.f104 import VSN_F104G, VSN_F104S, VSN_F104S_AG
+from pydcs_extensions.f104.f104 import VSN_F104C, VSN_F104G, VSN_F104S, VSN_F104S_AG
 from pydcs_extensions.f105.f105 import VSN_F105D, VSN_F105G
 from pydcs_extensions.f15d.f15d import F_15D
 from pydcs_extensions.f22a.f22a import F_22A
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ CAP_CAPABLE = [
     F_5E_3,
     VSN_F104S,
     VSN_F104G,
+    VSN_F104C,
     MiG_19P,
     VSN_F100,
     A_4E_C,
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ CAS_CAPABLE = [
     VSN_F105D,
     VSN_F104S_AG,
     VSN_F104G,
+    VSN_F104C,
     VSN_F100,
     A_20G,
     Ju_88A4,
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ DEAD_CAPABLE = SEAD_CAPABLE + [
     VSN_F105D,
     VSN_F104S_AG,
     VSN_F104G,
+    VSN_F104C,
     VSN_F100,
     P_47D_40,
     P_47D_30bl1,
@@ -426,6 +429,7 @@ STRIKE_CAPABLE = [
     Ju_88A4,
     VSN_F104S_AG,
     VSN_F104G,
+    VSN_F104C,
     VSN_F100,
     P_47D_40,
     P_47D_30bl1,
@@ -537,6 +541,7 @@ RUNWAY_ATTACK_CAPABLE = [
     Ju_88A4,
     VSN_F104S_AG,
     VSN_F104G,
+    VSN_F104C,
     VSN_F100,
     P_47D_40,
     P_47D_30bl1,
diff --git a/qt_ui/windows/newgame/QNewGameWizard.py b/qt_ui/windows/newgame/QNewGameWizard.py
index 0730b98d..cb82a22f 100644
--- a/qt_ui/windows/newgame/QNewGameWizard.py
+++ b/qt_ui/windows/newgame/QNewGameWizard.py
@@ -718,7 +718,11 @@ class GeneratorOptions(QtWidgets.QWizardPage):
         # Section break here for readability
         modLayout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QWidget(), modLayout_row, 0)
         modLayout_row += 1
-        modLayout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel("F-104 Starfighter"), modLayout_row, 0)
+        modLayout.addWidget(
+            QtWidgets.QLabel("F-104 Starfighter (version 2.7.11.222.01)"),
+            modLayout_row,
+            0,
+        )
         modLayout.addWidget(f104_starfighter, modLayout_row, 1)
         modLayout_row += 1
         modLayout.addWidget(
diff --git a/resources/customized_payloads/VSN_F104C.lua b/resources/customized_payloads/VSN_F104C.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe50cf07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/customized_payloads/VSN_F104C.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+local unitPayloads = {
+	["name"] = "VSN_F104C",
+	["payloads"] = {
+		[1] = {
+			["displayName"] = "CAP",
+			["name"] = "CAP",
+			["pylons"] = {
+				[1] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{VSN_F104_LAU115C_AIM9L}",
+					["num"] = 6,
+				},
+				[2] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_L_PTB",
+					["num"] = 2,
+				},
+				[3] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{AIM-9L}",
+					["num"] = 8,
+				},
+				[4] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_R_PTB",
+					["num"] = 10,
+				},
+				[5] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{AIM-9L}",
+					["num"] = 4,
+				},
+			},
+			["tasks"] = {
+				[1] = 11,
+			},
+		},
+        [2] = {
+			["displayName"] = "DEAD",
+			["name"] = "DEAD",
+			["pylons"] = {
+				[1] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{VSN_F104_LAU115C_AIM9L}",
+					["num"] = 6,
+				},
+				[2] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_L_PTB",
+					["num"] = 2,
+				},
+				[3] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{FD90A1DC-9147-49FA-BF56-CB83EF0BD32B}",
+					["num"] = 8,
+				},
+				[4] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_R_PTB",
+					["num"] = 10,
+				},
+				[5] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{FD90A1DC-9147-49FA-BF56-CB83EF0BD32B}",
+					["num"] = 4,
+				},
+			},
+			["tasks"] = {
+				[1] = 19,
+			},
+		},
+        [3] = {
+			["displayName"] = "CAS",
+			["name"] = "CAS",
+			["pylons"] = {
+				[1] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{VSN_F104_LAU115C_AIM9L}",
+					["num"] = 6,
+				},
+				[2] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_L_PTB",
+					["num"] = 2,
+				},
+				[3] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{FD90A1DC-9147-49FA-BF56-CB83EF0BD32B}",
+					["num"] = 8,
+				},
+				[4] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_R_PTB",
+					["num"] = 10,
+				},
+				[5] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{FD90A1DC-9147-49FA-BF56-CB83EF0BD32B}",
+					["num"] = 4,
+				},
+			},
+			["tasks"] = {
+				[1] = 19,
+			},
+		},
+        [4] = {
+			["displayName"] = "STRIKE",
+			["name"] = "STRIKE",
+			["pylons"] = {
+				[1] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{VSN_F104_LAU115C_AIM9L}",
+					["num"] = 6,
+				},
+				[2] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_L_PTB",
+					["num"] = 2,
+				},
+				[3] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{7A44FF09-527C-4B7E-B42B-3F111CFE50FB}",
+					["num"] = 8,
+				},
+				[4] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_R_PTB",
+					["num"] = 10,
+				},
+				[5] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{7A44FF09-527C-4B7E-B42B-3F111CFE50FB}",
+					["num"] = 4,
+				},
+			},
+			["tasks"] = {
+				[1] = 19,
+			},
+		},
+        [5] = {
+			["displayName"] = "OCA",
+			["name"] = "OCA",
+			["pylons"] = {
+				[1] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{VSN_F104_LAU115C_AIM9L}",
+					["num"] = 6,
+				},
+				[2] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_L_PTB",
+					["num"] = 2,
+				},
+				[3] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{7A44FF09-527C-4B7E-B42B-3F111CFE50FB}",
+					["num"] = 8,
+				},
+				[4] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "VSN_F104G_R_PTB",
+					["num"] = 10,
+				},
+				[5] = {
+					["CLSID"] = "{7A44FF09-527C-4B7E-B42B-3F111CFE50FB}",
+					["num"] = 4,
+				},
+			},
+			["tasks"] = {
+				[1] = 19,
+			},
+		},
+	},
+	["tasks"] = {
+	},
+	["unitType"] = "VSN_F104C",
+}
+return unitPayloads
diff --git a/resources/factions/usa_1960.json b/resources/factions/usa_1960.json
index 1f51d076..f2e3656b 100644
--- a/resources/factions/usa_1960.json
+++ b/resources/factions/usa_1960.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "C-130",
     "F-86F Sabre",
 	"F-100 Super Sabre",
+    "F-104C Starfighter",
     "P-51D-25-NA Mustang",
     "P-51D-30-NA Mustang",
 	"F-105D Thunderchief",
diff --git a/resources/factions/usa_1965.json b/resources/factions/usa_1965.json
index 4ed06128..40b24bd5 100644
--- a/resources/factions/usa_1965.json
+++ b/resources/factions/usa_1965.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "F-4E Phantom II",
     "F-5E Tiger II",
     "F-100 Super Sabre",
+    "F-104C Starfighter",
     "F-105D Thunderchief",
     "F-105G Thunderchief",
     "UH-1H Iroquois"
diff --git a/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/banners/VSN_F104C_24.jpg b/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/banners/VSN_F104C_24.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faf4586b
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/banners/VSN_F104C_24.jpg differ
diff --git a/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/icons/VSN_F104C_24.jpg b/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/icons/VSN_F104C_24.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9487a2d
Binary files /dev/null and b/resources/ui/units/aircrafts/icons/VSN_F104C_24.jpg differ
diff --git a/resources/units/aircraft/VSN_F104C.yaml b/resources/units/aircraft/VSN_F104C.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..381efb6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/units/aircraft/VSN_F104C.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+description:
+  "The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is a single-engine, supersonic interceptor aircraft\
+  \ which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. Created \
+  \ as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the Century Series of fighter aircraft \
+  \ for the United States Air Force (USAF), it was developed into an all-weather \
+  \ multirole aircraft in the early 1960s and produced by several other nations, \
+  \ seeing widespread service outside the United States. \
+  \ The F-104C variant was a fighter-bomber for the USAF Tactical Air Command."
+introduced: 1958
+manufacturer: Lockheed
+origin: USA
+price: 9
+role: Fighter-Bomber
+max_range: 100
+gunfighter: true
+variants:
+  F-104C Starfighter: {}