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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:70-1950 USAF
    Construction Number:T.6281
    Compressed ID:Northrop T-38C sn 70-1950 USAF cn T...
    Latest Owner or Location:25th Flying Training Squadron/71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-38A-85-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    Circa 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 70-1950.

    Circa 1971

    Transferred to 78th Flying Training Wing, Webb AFB, TX.

    1976

    Markings Applied: 76, 01950
    Bicentennial colors.

    Circa 4 July 1976


    Photographer: David L. (Skip) Davenport
    Notes: My father won the paint design contest for the 1976 Bicentennial Webb AFB, Big Spring, TX

    From By May 1989 to After January 2003

    Transferred to 25th Flying Training Squadron/71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: OK

    19 May 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFR Base open house.

    By 2002

    Markings Applied: Shooters, VN

    By November 2002

    Converted to a T-38C.
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     Glenn Chatfield
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