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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:68-8192 USAF
    Construction Number:T.6197
    Compressed ID:Northrop T-38C sn 68-8192 USAF cn T...
    Latest Owner or Location:87th Flying Training Squadron/47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-38A-75-NO by Northrop at Hawthorne, California, USA.

    Circa 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-8192.

    From By April 1989 to After August 2016

    Transferred to 87th Flying Training Squadron/47th Flying Training Wing, Laughlin AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: XL, AF68-192

    Circa 2002

    Converted to a T-38C.

    By 2003

    Markings Applied: XL, AF68-192, RED BULLS

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

    From After March 2012 to By August 2016

    Markings Applied: XL, 47FTW

    26 August 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Alliance Airport, Fort Worth, TX.

    26 August 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Alliance Airport, Fort Worth, TX.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Tom Tessier
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