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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:T-38A-40-NO Talon
    Last Military Serial:2606 FAPo
    Construction Number:N.5281
    Compressed ID:Northrop T-38A-40-NO sn 2606 FAPo c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Beja Air Base, Beja, Beja

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1961

    Constructed as a T-38A-40-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    Circa 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0915.

    January 1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forca Aerea Portuguesa with s/n 2606.

    Circa 1992

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Forca Aerea Portuguesa.

    To Beja Air Base, Beja, Beja.
    Used as a travelling exhibit at airshows etc.
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    7 July 2002


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NATO Tiger Meet, Beja AB, Portugal
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