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-104G variant was used by West German Luftwaffe and Bundesmarine \ \ as well as other NATO countries." introduced: 1958 manufacturer: Lockheed origin: USA price: 9 role: Fighter-Bomber max_range: 100 gunfighter: true variants: F-104G Starfighter: {} tasks: Anti-ship: 150 BAI: 140 BARCAP: 250 CAS: 140 DEAD: 140 Escort: 150 Fighter sweep: 200 Intercept: 300 OCA/Aircraft: 140 OCA/Runway: 200 Strike: 50 TARCAP: 250