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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:F-5E Tiger II
    Last Military Serial:741540 USN
    Construction Number:R.1198
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-5E sn 741540 USN cn R.11...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hickory Aviation Museum, Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, North Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-5E.

    Circa 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 74-1540.

    23 March 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 741540.

    16 January 2008

    Placed on display with Hickory Aviation Museum, Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, NC.
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    Markings Applied: 09
    In the markings of USMC Sqn VMFT-401.

    26 April 2016


    Photographer: Graham Tanner
    Notes: Taken at Hickory, North Carolina, U.S.A.


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    John Bennett
    Mike Henniger

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