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    Airframe Family: North American T3J/T-39 Sabreliner
    Latest Model:CT-39A Sabreliner
    Last Military Serial:61-0685 USAF
    Construction Number:265-88
    Compressed ID:NA CT-39A sn 61-0685 USAF cn 265-88...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1961

    Constructed as a T-39A-1-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0685.

    December 1962

    To 7030th Combat Support Group/17th Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

    March 1967

    Transferred to 7101st Air Base Wing, Stuttgart, Germany.

    By September 1968

    Transferred to 7030th Combat Support Group/17th Air Force, Wiesbaden, Germany.

    11 July 1976


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1976 photo at Glasgow Airport, Scotland

    June 1977

    Redesignated as CT-39A.

    September 1977

    Transferred to 58th Military Airlift Squadron, Stuttgart, Germany.

    August 1984

    Ferry flight.
    Flown back to the United States for re-assignment.

    March 1985

    Withdrawn from use.

    August 1986

    To United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
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    18 March 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    14 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In the storage yard

    14 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    18 July 2018


    Photographer: Luis Sanchez
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    Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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