Editing Lockheed F-104 Starfighter (section)

===Nicknames===
The Starfighter was marketed by Lockheed as the "missile with a man in it", and the press dubbed the F-104 the "Widowmaker" due to its high accident rate, but neither were used in service.<ref name="Bashow1986p16"/> The term "Super Starfighter" was used by Lockheed to describe the F-104G in its marketing campaigns, but quickly fell into disuse.<ref name="Donald2003p157">Donald 2003, p. 157.</ref>

In service, it earned a number of nicknames among its users:
* American pilots initially called it the "Oh-Four", but when the F-100 Super Sabre began to be referred to as the "Zip-Zilch" (for "zero-zero"), the Starfighter acquired the similar nickname "Zip-Four"; this was eventually shortened to "Zipper" or "Zip".<ref name="Davies2014p21">Davies 2014, p. 21.</ref><ref name="Bashow1986p16"/> Over time this nickname came to be associated with the aircraft's impressive speed and acceleration.<ref name="Spitzmiller2011p156">Spitzmiller 2011, p. 156.</ref>
* The Japan Air Self-Defense Force called it {{transliteration|ja|Eiko}} ([[Kanji]]: {{lang|ja|栄光}}, "glory").<ref name="Bowman2000p155">Bowman 2000, p. 155.</ref>
* Although German pilots often referred to the F-104 as the "Zipper"<ref name="Bashow1986p16"/> or (specifically the G models) "Gustav",<ref name="Kropf2002p8">Kropf 2002, p. 8.</ref> it earned several less-charitable names from the German public due to its high accident rate, common ones being {{lang|de|Witwenmacher}} ("widowmaker") or {{lang|de|Fliegender Sarg}} ("flying coffin"). It was also called {{lang|de|Erdnagel}} ("ground nail"), the official military term for a tent peg.<ref name="Bashow1986p16">Bashow 1986, p. 16.</ref>
* Prior to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the reputation of the Pakistani F-104 was such that the [[Indian Air Force]] referred to it as ''Badmash'' ("hooligan"), "Scoundrel", and "Wicked One".<ref name="Bowman2000p159">Bowman 2000, p. 159.</ref>
* Among Italian pilots its spiky design earned it the nickname {{lang|it|Spillone}} ("hatpin").<ref name="Davies2014p91">Davies 2014, p. 91.</ref>
* Among the Norwegian public and [[Royal Norwegian Air Force]] it was affectionately known as {{lang|no|Vestfjordoksen}} ("the Vestfjord bull"), due to the immense roar of the aircraft based in [[Bodø]], at the southern end of [[Vestfjorden]].<ref>Helge Andreassen [https://www.nrk.no/nordland/na-kan-starfighteren-fa-luft-under-vingene-igjen-1.13151414 "Nå kan Starfighteren få luft under vingene igjen" (in Norwegian)]</ref>
* In the Canadian Forces, the aircraft was sometimes referred to as the "Lawn Dart" and the "Aluminium Death Tube" due to its high operational losses, and "Flying Phallus" due to its shape. It was affectionately called the "Silver Sliver", "Zipper", or "Zip", but most often the "Starfighter" or simply the "104" (one-oh-four).<ref name="Bashow1990pp92,93">Bashow 1990, pp. 92, 93.</ref>
* NASA's F-104B Starfighter N819NA acquired the nickname "Howling Howland" due to the unique howling sound of its engine at certain throttle settings.<ref name="Bashow1986p16"/>