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    Airframe Family: Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon / Canadair CF-116
    Latest Model:F-5E Tiger II
    Last Military Serial:741529 USMC
    Construction Number:R.1187
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-5E sn 741529 USMC cn R.1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    20 January 1976

    Constructed as a F-5E.

    Circa 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 74-1529.

    March 1976

    Transferred to 57th Fighter Weapons Wings (Tactical Air Command), Nellis AFB, NV.

    April 1977

    Transferred to 57th Tractical Training Wing (TAC), Nellis AFB.

    1 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 74-1529 - F-5E Tiger II - USAF / 57TTW - Nellis AFB - Subsequently transferred to the US Marines and later preserved as 741529/06 at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark in Palmdale, CA.

    16 October 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX on transient ramp as USAF 41529

    April 1989

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    April 1989

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 741529.

    Transferred to VMFT 401 Snipers SQ, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, AZ.

    Transferred to Yuma AZ Marine Base.

    May 2005

    To Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Palmdale Plant 42, Palmdale, CA.
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    October 2005

    Placed on display.

    26 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42, Palmdale, California

    29 April 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Joe Davies Heritage Air Park in Palmdale, California.

    14 October 2022


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: There does not appear to be much progress in the restoration over the last three years
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Joe Davies Heritage Airpark
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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