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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:GF-5B Freedom Fighter
    Last Military Serial:63-8441 USAF
    Construction Number:N.8004
    Compressed ID:Northrop GF-5B sn 63-8441 USAF cn N...
    Latest Owner or Location:Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, Miami, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    May 1964

    Constructed as a F-5B-5-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    22 May 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-8441.

    22 May 1964

    Loaned to Northrop Aircraft, Edwards AFB, CA.

    May 1966

    Returned from loan to 4510th Combat Crew Training Wing (Tactical Air Command), Williams AFB, AZ.

    October 1969

    Transferred to 58th Tactical Training Wing (TAC), Williams AFB, AZ.

    Circa 1970


    Photographer: USAF

    Markings Applied: 41
    Painted in 3-shades of blue camouflage with 41 in red on the nose for use as adversary aircraft.

    November 1977

    Transferred to Chanute Technical Training Center, Chanute AFB, IL.

    November 1977

    Redesignated as GF-5B.

    1985

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, 1
    Painted to represent a T-38 Talon in the colors of the USAF Thunderbirds by 3345th Consolidated Maintenance Sqdn.

    1985

    Placed on display.
    Thunderbird Airpark, Chanute AFB, IL.

    August 1985

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    From 1993 to 2017

    To Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
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    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 April 2012


    Photographer: John Meneely
    Notes: Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, IL, USA

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    January 2017

    Loaned to Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, Miami, FL.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Chanute Air Museum
    Flickr
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    John Meneely
    Peter Nicholson
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