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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:2602 FAPo
    Construction Number:N.5219
    Compressed ID:Northrop T-38A-40-NO sn 2602 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.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-0853.

    January 1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Forca Aerea Portuguesa with s/n 2602.

    20 July 1991


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: T-38A Talon of 103 Esquadron Portuguese Air Force at the 1991 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    Circa 1992

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Forca Aerea Portuguesa.

    By July 2002

    Placed on display with Beja Air Base, Beja, Beja.
    Gate guardian.
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    7 July 2002


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: gate guardian at Beja AB

    By 2010

    In the inventory of Beja Air Base, Beja, Beja.
    In storage.
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     European Air Forces Directory (Mach III Publishing) by Ian Carroll
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