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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:761568 USN
    Construction Number:L.1043
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-5N sn 761568 USN cn L.10...
    Latest Owner or Location:VFC-13, NAS Fallon, NV

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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 76-1568.
    To Swiss Air Force under FMS program Peace Alps.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-3043.

    Circa 2007

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 761568.

    9 August 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Thunder Over Michigan at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

    Converted to a F-5N.

    Transferred to VFC-13, NAS Fallon, NV.

    By July 2011

    Markings Applied: 12-red, VFC-13, AF, 12
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     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
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     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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