The Northrop F-5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable, supersonic fighter with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F-5 first flew on July 30, 1959 with the first customer delivery in 1964. The last of more than 2,600 F-5’s was produced in 1989 and about two-thirds of these are still in service with 26 countries more than 4 decades later. The F-5 was manufactured by Northrop Grumman and under license in Canada, Taiwan, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland.
Northrop F-5E Tiger II was manufactured at their Hawthorne, California facility. It was produced as c/n V1106 and served with the RoCAF as 5206 / 60476. When the aircraft was finally withdrawn from service it was placed in a decoy revetment on the south side of Hualien AB and as of August 2009 was still there.
- 1/72 scale pre-finished.
- Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
- Professionally painted.
- All markings are pad applied for superb results.
- Landing gear can be displayed up or down.
- Extremely sought after by collectors.
