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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:70-1955 USAF
    Construction Number:T.6288
    Compressed ID:Northrop T-38C sn 70-1955 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 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 70-1955.

    By October 1978

    Transferred to 22nd Bombardment Wing, March AFB, CA.

    By 1988

    Transferred to 82nd Flying Training Wing, Williams AFB, AZ.

    From By 1994 to After May 2007

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

    21 May 1994


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

    Circa 2002

    Converted to a T-38C.

    21 May 2005


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Selfridge ANGB.

    9 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    By 1 July 2010

    Transferred to 5th Flying Training Squadron/71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: 5 FTS

    By September 2021

    Transferred to 25th Flying Training Squadron/71st Flying Training Wing, Vance AFB, OK.
    Operated with markings: VN
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
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