Photos Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II and F-20 Tigershark paradise.

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A thread dedicated to the prolific F-5 family, from the T-38 to the F-20.
From Canada to Chile, and Norway to Botswana... and in Vietnam too. The F-5 is one of the most successful jet fighters ever built.
And it's one of my favorite fighter.

Here is a F-5A of the Greek Air Force shooting down a F-102A of Turkish AF in 1974, during the invasion of Cyprus.

 

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Some F-5A of Ethiopian Air Force :

 

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Two F-5A of Philippines Air Force, in service from 1965 until 2005.

 

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Canadian built VF-5A & a VF-5B of Venezuelan Air Force, in service until the early 2000s.

 

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Singaporean F-5E Tiger II, in service with this country until 2015.

 

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A well-know "MiG-28", F-5E used in Top Gun.

 

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Some F-5E from Chilean Air Force, modernised and still in service as of 2024 alongside F-16.

 

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A F-5E of the Houthis, in 2023.

 

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Honduran F-5E and Super Mystère B.2 "Saar" :

 

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The HESA Saeqeh, an Iranian fighter derived from the F-5. Four in service with IRIAF.
3-7366 is the first protoype.

 

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A pair of Saeqeh at the 2018 Kish Air show.

 

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Agressor F-5E :

 

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An F-5F Tiger II fighter aircraft of the 3rd Squadron, Royal Saudi Air Force, takes off during Operation Desert Shield.

 

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Mexican F-5E/F at Santa Lucia AB.

 

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Bahreïn Air Force F-5E.

 

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Kenyan F-5E :

 

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F-5A from South Vietnam Air Force, here armed with AIM-9B.

 

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Mexican F-5E :

 

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Missiles of Brazilian F-5EM :

 

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Honduran F-5A (4006) in flight :