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Re: HOW BOUT SOME F-5'S

Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:11 am

The ultimate F-5, the F-20 Tigershark (Northrop F-5G).

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Re: HOW BOUT SOME F-5'S

Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:18 am

Holedigger wrote:Hah! Just saw an F-5 during the Daytona 500 race......halftime break! They panned a camera over to the adjacent airport and there was what appeared to be an F-15 and a tan/brown camo F-5!


Yep, saw that too... two Tyndall F-15s and an F-5 from VFC-111 (the Sundowner rudder was the dead giveaway).

Re: HOW BOUT SOME F-5'S

Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:43 pm

Or as we call them in Canada, the Canadair built ones that is, the CF-116.

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Plus a couple of DND photos that I have on file.

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Re: HOW BOUT SOME F-5'S

Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:11 am

vernicator wrote:The ultimate F-5, the F-20 Tigershark (Northrop F-5G).



Still think the x-29 would have been the "ultimate" f-5

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Re: HOW BOUT SOME F-5'S

Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:52 pm

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Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:25 pm

Honduras Air Force
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Re: HOW BOUT SOME F-5'S

Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:58 am

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Re: HOW BOUT SOME F-5'S

Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:12 am

Now thats an interesting gland problem on 30088 :) anyone know what thats for?

Cheers,
Chris

Re: HOW BOUT SOME F-5'S

Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:25 am

ausflyboy wrote:Now thats an interesting gland problem on 30088 :) anyone know what thats for?

Cheers,
Chris



It is RF-5E.


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Re: HOW BOUT SOME F-5'S

Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:35 am

How about the Iranian development of the F-5e called the Saeghe (Thunder)

Here's the two slightly different prototypes in what looks like pseudo Blue Angels colors:
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