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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.
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).
VFC-111 F-5N at NAS Key West with a USAF U-2S landing in the background, 2008 VFC-111 operates as part of the U.S. Navy Reserve's fleet adversary program, providing dissimilar air combat training (DACT) to fleet strike fighter and Marine fighter attack squadrons, as well as U.S. Air Force , Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard fighter ...
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.
The -1 and -3 models had a single display, while the -2 and -4's had dual displays for use in the two seater F-5F. The APQ-159-5 version was a product improvement that further improved reliability and reduced weight to the same as the original APQ-153, making in-field upgrades much simpler. The final version was the APQ-159-7.
Yadollah Javadpour (Persian: یدالله جوادپور) was a fighter pilot flying Northrop F-5 Tiger II in the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force, serving for the duration of the Iran–Iraq War. According to some sources, his record qualifies him as an ace. [1] [2] French military historian Pierre Razoux has credited him with three aerial ...