After attaining operational readiness with the Starfighter, it deployed to Spain for air defense missions over the Strategic Air Command Boeing B-47 Stratojet Operation Reflex base at Moron Air Base. It was also used by the USAF and Lockheed for demonstrations for NATO military sales to replace Republic F-84F Thunderstreak combat aircraft. It deployed in this role to Hahn Air Base, Germany in 1962.
