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 …

May 29, 2020 · The F-5 played an important but understated role in the Vietnam War and continues to fly today—albeit with updated equipment—with some air forces and private combat flight training...

Aug 9, 2024 · The Northrop F-5 proved itself in Vietnam during the Skoshi Tiger Project, flying nearly 10,000 combat sorties in less than 2 years.

The YF-5A on display, one of three prototypes ordered, was delivered to the museum in 1970. It is painted as a "Skoshi Tiger" of the 4503rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, which combat tested the F-5 in Vietnam in 1965-1967. The 4503rd TFS later was redesignated the 10th Fighter (Commando) Squadron in March 1966.

Jun 20, 2024 · The following year, the F-5 underwent a combat exercise in Vietnam with the 4503rd Tactical Fighter Squadron and South Vietnamese forces. Dubbed Skoshi Tiger, it saw 12 modified aircraft, redesignated the F-5C, fly more than …

Several of the F-5s left over from the Vietnam war were sent to Poland and Russia, for advanced study of US aviation technology, while others were decommissioned and put on display at museums in Vietnam.

Oct 3, 2023 · F-5s in Vietnam - the "Skoshi Tigers" With the United States embroiled in the Vietnam War, a single squadron of F-5A was selected by the USAF for combat evaluation in October of 1965. The evaluation lasted from October of 1966 to March of 1967 with the name of "Skoshi Tiger" (Little Tiger) assigned to these program F-5s.

Between 1965 and 1966, USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center [USAFTAWC] personnel saw combat in Vietnam while performing the combat evaluation of the F-5 aircraft, known as Skoshi Tiger.

Mar 5, 2024 · Landing on the 25 October 1965 at noon, within hours the aircraft were armed with 500-lb bombs and conducted their first mission in support of South Vietnamese anti-guerrilla operations.

The F-5 was also developed into a dedicated reconnaissance version, the RF-5 Tigereye. This site deals with various technical aspects of Vietname-Era aviation, primarily the aircraft.