Editing Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (section)

===1967 Taiwan Strait Conflict===
[[File:ROCAF F-104J Right View 20111009.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Taiwanese F-104J parked as a museum display|[[Republic of China (Taiwan)]] Air Force F-104J]]
On 13 January 1967, four ROCAF F-104G aircraft engaged a formation of J-6/[[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19|MiG-19s]] of the People's Liberation Army Air Force over the disputed island of [[Kinmen]] (Quemoy). Major Hu Shih-lin and Captain Shih Bei-puo each shot down one MiG-19. One F-104 did not return to base and its pilot was listed as [[missing in action]].<ref name="Bowman2000p165">Bowman 2000, p. 165.</ref><ref name="Davies2014p88">Davies 2014, p. 88.</ref>

F-104 designer Kelly Johnson stated that this particular battle illustrated the relative strengths and weaknesses of the Starfighter in aerial combat. "We had them on acceleration and we had them on steady-state altitude, but we could not turn with them," said Johnson, who at the time was working on the larger-winged, more-maneuverable [[CL-1200 Lancer]] derivative of the F-104.<ref name="Davies2014p88"/>