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Valley City, North Dakota: Jet on a Stick

A super-sleek F-104 Starfighter from the 1960s, positioned as if rocketing skyward.

Address:
155 Main St. E., Valley City, ND
Directions:
Downtown, on the northwest corner of US-94 BUS/Main St. E. and 2nd Ave. NE.
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1960s F-104 Starfighter.

Jet on a Stick

The 164th Infantry Memorial Highway has the jet, a U.S. Air Force display sign, and a sign about Herman Stern who was a Holocaust rescuer.

[Brittany Dobbins, 10/18/2024]

The jet appears to be an F-104D Starfighter trainer from the 1960s. Only a few were ever built.


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