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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:F-5N Tiger II
    Last Military Serial:761583 USMC
    Construction Number:L.1058
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-5N sn 761583 USMC cn L.1...
    Latest Owner or Location:VFC-13

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-5E.

    Circa 1976

    Assigned s/n 76-1583 with the United States Air Force for administrative purposes. It did not serve with this service.
    Aircraft produced for Swiss AF under FMS Program Peace Alps.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-3058.

    By April 2007

    Markings Applied: 26, VFC-13, NAVY, 26, AF

    By April 2007


    Photographer: Fred Krause

    Circa 2009

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 761583.

    Converted to a F-5N.

    From By November 2016 to After February 2020

    Transferred to VMFT-401, MCAS Yuma, AZ.

    By 2017

    Markings Applied: 01, VMFT-401, MARINES, LS, 01

    18 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Yuma Airshow

    By 19 September 2021

    Transferred to VFC-13.

    19 September 2021


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.
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     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
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     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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