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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:T-38A-60-NO Talon
    Last Military Serial:65-10441 USAF
    Construction Number:N.5860
    Compressed ID:Northrop T-38A-60-NO sn 65-10441 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kern County Fire Department, Meadows Field (South Side), Bakersfield, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-38A-60-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    Circa 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-10441.

    By November 1976

    Transferred to 26th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (later 26th aggressor Squadron)/3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Clark AFB, Philippines.
    Operated with markings: 41
    Painted in camouflage.

    By August 1978

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    By October 1986

    Transferred to USAF Operations Group.
    Towed mobile exhibit.

    1991

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    26 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    Circa 2000

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By April 2000

    Loaned to Kern County, Bakersfield, CA.

    By April 2000

    Placed on display with Kern County Fire Department, Meadows Field (South Side), Bakersfield, CA.
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    4 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    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
     26th Aggressor Squadron
    Air History.org
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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