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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:741570 USMC
    Construction Number:R.1266
    Compressed ID:Northrop F-5E sn 741570 USMC cn R.1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Park, Yuma MCAS, Yuma, Arizona

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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 74-1570.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 741570.

    By November 1989

    Transferred to VMFAT-401.
    Operated with markings: 11, MARINES

    12 November 1989


    Photographer: Mike Freer via Wiki Commons
    Notes: Original Caption: Early morning shot of this resident VMFT-401 Snipers aircraft. Photographed at MCAS Yuma.

    26 June 2002


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: This good looking jet is a USMC F-5E. Bu.Aer 741570/ 11 red is ex USAF as 74-1570. Seen at MCAS Yuma, CA.

    15 April 2005

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.

    By 2009

    To Air Park, Yuma MCAS, Yuma, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 11, LS
    In markings of VMFAT-401.

    March 2013


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    17 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Yuma AZ
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     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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