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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:72-0441 USAF
    Construction Number:N.8092
    Compressed ID:Northrop GF-5B sn 72-0441 USAF cn N...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-5B-50-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    10 November 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 72-0441.

    May 1984

    Redesignated as GF-5B.

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, 60441, 482 FW, FM

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    May 2001

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE 20441,425 TFTS

    12 November 2012


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy
    Notes: Repainted.

    19 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
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