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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:F-5N Tiger II
    Last Military Serial:761589 USMC
    Construction Number:L.1064
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-5N sn 761589 USMC cn L.1...
    Latest Owner or Location:VMFT-401, MCAS Yuma, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-5E.

    Circa 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 76-1589.

    20 July 1982


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: Swiss F-5E Tiger II taxies in after landing at Dubendorf. J-3064 was sold off to the US Navy by 2004. It flies on using a corruption of its MAP serial; 76-1589. Active in 2021 as an F-5N with VMFAT-401 as Bu.Aer 761589

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-3064.

    By October 1999

    Transferred to Flieger Staffel 13, Payerne.

    By October 1999

    Markings Applied: 064, J-3064

    22 October 1999


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Stans-Buochs Airshow

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 761589.

    Converted to a F-5N.

    Transferred to VMFAT-401, MCAS Yuma, AZ.

    Markings Applied: 01, VMFAT-401, 01, LS

    By 2017

    Transferred to VMFT-401, MCAS Yuma, AZ.

    By 2017

    Markings Applied: 10-red, VMFT-401, LS, 10

    18 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Yuma Airshow
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ian Carroll
    US Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ken Wardle
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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