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The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation. There are two main models: the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter variants, and the extensively updated F-5E and F-5F Tiger II variants.
The F-5 was so successful that Northrop spent much of the 1970s and 1980s attempting to duplicate its success with similar lightweight designs. Their first attempt to improve the F-5 was the N-300 , which featured much more powerful engines and moved the wing to a higher position to allow for increased ordnance that the higher power allowed.
[3] [4] [5] AeroGroup also possess and operates the Northrop F-5 (CF-5B) as a fighter lead-in aircraft for training and for other support services. [ citation needed ] There were 17 aircraft originally purchased from the Canadian Government with U.S. State Department approval and then imported into the US in 2006.
Northrop Grumman's (NOC) F-5 is operated by the U.S. Navy in its adversary squadrons to simulate enemy aircraft in aerial combat training exercises. Northrop Grumman Wins $22M Deal to Support T-38 ...
The Canadair CF-5 (officially designated the CF-116 Freedom Fighter) is a Canadian licensed-built Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter. It is a light, supersonic, twin engine, daylight air superiority fighter primarily for the Canadian Forces (as the CF-5) and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (as the NF-5). The CF-5 was upgraded periodically throughout ...
VFC-111 assumed its 'Sun Downer' insignia, callsign, and traditions from the Fighter Squadron One Eleven Sun Downers, a famous U.S. Navy fighter squadron with extensive combat history as a carrier-based F-8 Crusader and F-4 Phantom II squadron during the Vietnam War and as an F-4 and F-14 Tomcat squadron during the latter part of the Cold War ...
The 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (12th TRS) is an active unit of the Republic of China Air Force.It is part of the 401st Tactical Composite Wing and operates the General Dynamics F-16A/B Fighting Falcon, Northrop RF-5E Tigergazer and Northrop F-5F Tiger II from Hualien Air Force Base, Hualien County.
The airframe resembles a Northrop F-5 with two vertical stabilizers instead of one. In 2008, Iran announced the aircraft has a range of 3,000 km (1,864 mi). [ 15 ] It has a Phazotron-NIIR N019 radar known as "Baaz" with a range of 80 km (50 miles) that can track 10 targets and engage two targets simultaneously.