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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:T-38A-40-NO Talon
    Last Military Serial:2609 FAPo
    Construction Number:N.5206
    Compressed ID:Northrop T-38A-40-NO sn 2609 FAPo c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Stored Cemetery Hanger Beja

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-38A-40-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    Circa 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0840.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forca Aerea Portuguesa with s/n 2609.


    Photographer: Unknown

    Placed on display with Monte Real.
    Displayed at the base museum.

    9 June 1990


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: T-38A Talon of 102 Esquadron Portuguese Air Force on display at the 1990 Boscombe Down Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Airshow.

    April 2000

    Assigned to Stored Cemetery Hanger Beja for storage.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Mike Henniger
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