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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:761528 USN
    Construction Number:L.1003
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-5N sn 761528 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 76-1528.
    To Swiss Air Force under FMS program Peace Alps.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Swiss Air Force with s/n J-3003.

    By July 1993


    Photographer: Unknown

    September 1994


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Buochs, Switzerland

    17 August 2001


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Duebendorf AFB, Switzerland

    Withdrawn from use.

    From 2001 to 2003

    Held in storage.

    2004

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 761528 as a F-5N.

    By June 2008

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 761528.

    By June 2008

    Transferred to VFC-13, NAS Fallon, NV.

    By March 2014

    Markings Applied: 06-red, VFC-13, AF, 06

    20 July 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Fallon NV

    20 July 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Fallon NV
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier was started by a contributor.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     US Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ken Wardle
    Internet Sources
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Jacqueline Fischer
    Robert Nichols
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