F-104A in Taiwan w/Sidewinders and Vulcan during the Quemoy crisis. I guess when your targets are smaller than a bomber, they wanted missiles and guns.
More F-104A's, same place and time
Here is the article where these photos come from
http://www.916-starfighter.de/F-104_USA_Quemoy.htm
and this is why the F-104 gained tip tanks, wet hardpoints for wing drop tanks, and an IFR probe- for strategic deployability
and a nice teaser shot of a pair of F-104As over the Bay from Hamilton