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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:CF-116 Freedom Fighter
    Last Military Serial:116746 CAF
    Construction Number:1046
    Compressed ID:Canadair CF-116 sn 116746 CAF cn 10...
    Latest Owner or Location:Defence Research and Development Canada, CFW Downsview (formerly), Toronto, Ontario

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a CF-116 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.
    Originally ordered as RCAF 14746 but construction completed as a Canadian Armed Forces airframe.

    8 June 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 116746.

    Delivered direct to storage at CFB North Bay or CFB Trenton.

    1975

    Transferred to 433E LEscadre de Combat, CFB Bagotville, PQ.

    Circa December 1975

    Transferred to No. 434 Squadron, CFB Cold Lake.

    1979

    Transferred to No. 419 Squadron.

    1982

    Transferred to No. 419 Squadron.

    9 June 1982


    Photographer: Unknown

    1983

    Transferred to No. 419 Squadron.

    1983


    Photographer: Department of Nation Defense (Canada)

    1983


    Photographer: Department of Nation Defense (Canada)

    1989

    Transferred to No. 419 Squadron.

    By September 1989

    Assigned to CFB Trenton for storage.

    From By February 1995 to After 2009

    Transferred to Aircraft Maintenance Development Unit, CFD Mountain View, ON.
    Was being disassembled for spares. Some parts may have been used in aircraft seen in the parking lot at Land Force Central Headquarters at Downsview (Toronto) in May 2007, with no visible serials.

    18 June 1998

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Canadian Armed Forces.

    To Canadian Air and Space Museum, CBW Downsview (formerly), Toronto, ON.
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    To Defence Research and Development Canada, CFW Downsview (formerly), Toronto, ON.
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     James Craik
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