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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:T-38A-35-NO Talon
    Last Military Serial:60-0566 USAF
    Construction Number:N.5139
    Compressed ID:Northrop T-38A-35-NO sn 60-0566 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Minter Field Air Museum, Minter Field, Shafter, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-38A-35-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    Circa April 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0566.

    6 December 1971

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number TF0012.

    By October 1986

    Transferred to USAF Orientation Group.
    Mobile Exhibit.

    From By August 1997 to After 2003

    Based at National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    13 August 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the National Museum of the USAF

    In the inventory of National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Circa 2003

    Loaned to City of Wasco, CA.

    Circa 2003

    Placed on display with Meadows Field, Bakersfield, CA.
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    Circa 2009

    Loaned to Kern County Museum, Bakersfield, CA.
    Aircraft remained displayed with Meadows Field.

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    24 January 2015

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Minter Field Air Museum, Minter Field, Shafter, CA.
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    31 January 2015


    Photographer: Sam Kisselburg
    Notes: on display at Minter Field

    22 March 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Minter Field Museum near Shafter, California.

    22 March 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Minter Field Museum near Shafter, California.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    Airliners.Net
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Sam Kisselburg
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