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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:T-38C Talon
    Last Military Serial:68-8138 USAF
    Construction Number:T.6143
    Compressed ID:Northrop T-38C sn 68-8138 USAF cn T...
    Latest Owner or Location:88th Flying Training Squadron/80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-38A-75-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    Circa 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-8138.

    By 1985

    Converted to an AT-38B.

    By 1985

    Transferred to 7th Fighter Squadron/479th Tactical Training Wing, Holloman AFB, NM.
    Operated with markings: HM
    Lead-In Fighter Training.

    27 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH

    By September 1998

    Transferred to 88th Flying Training Squadron/80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: EN

    By 2010

    Transferred to 47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: XL

    By 2016

    Converted to a T-38C.

    By 2016

    Transferred to 88th Flying Training Squadron/80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard AFB, TX.
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    Airport Data
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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