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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:741556 USN
    Construction Number:R.1216
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-5E sn 741556 USN cn R.12...
    Latest Owner or Location:Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-5E.

    Circa 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 74-1556.

    By 18 July 1987

    Markings Applied: 56

    18 July 1987


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-5E Tiger II, callsign Baron 11, of 527th Aggressor Squadron based at RAF Alconbury on display at the 1987 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 741556.

    By 3 August 2003

    Markings Applied: 12, E, VFC-13, NAVY, 12, AF

    3 August 2003


    Photographer: Fred Krause

    1 November 2005

    Placed on display with Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, OR.
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    Markings Applied: 56, U.S. AIR FORCE, USAF 741556
    Finished in USAF aggressor markings.

    23 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Evergreen Air and Space Museum

    8 July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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