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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:GT-38A Talon
    Last Military Serial:60-0549 USAF
    Construction Number:N.5122
    Compressed ID:Northrop GT-38A sn 60-0549 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington Normal Airport, Bloomington, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-38A-25-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    29 March 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0549.

    April 1961

    Transferred to 3510th Flying Training Command, Randolph AFB, TX.

    May 1962

    Transferred to 3510th Maintenance Support Group, Randolph AFB, TX.

    December 1967

    Transferred to 3250th Flying Training Squadron, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    July 1971

    Transferred to 3525th Pilot Training Wing, Williams AFB, AZ.

    11 November 1971

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number TF0002.

    February 1974

    Transferred to 3345th Maintenance Support Group, Chanute AFB, IL.

    October 1975

    Transferred to Chanute Technical Center, Chanute AFB, IL.

    Redesignated as GT-38A.

    1993

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    1993

    Loaned to Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington, IL.

    1993

    To Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington Normal Airport, Bloomington, IL.
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    By 27 April 2012

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, AF 60 0549, RA

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Prairie Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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