ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ‘To illustrate an F-5 from every country which has operated the type is impossible, as many third world countries for ‘some reason simply do not allow photography of even civil, aircraft let alone military ones. Fortunately in the West, most countries are helpful, and with the exception of the Greek Air Force who were totally obstructive as usual, [ ‘would like to thank those in North America and Europe for their assistance — in particular, thanks must go to the Canadian Armed Forces and the Spanish Air Force for being especially helpful Tam also grateful to those who lent material for use in this publication, in particular Maurice Bertrand, Peter Foster, David Oliver, Chris Pocock, Pete Smith and the PR department at Northrop, Unless otherwise credited, all photographs were taken by the author using Kodachrome film. ABBREVIATIONS AAM — Arto Air Missile AB Air Base ACMI ‘Air Combat Manoeuvring Instrumentation ETE Aerospace Engineering and Test Establishment AFB Air Force Base AIDC ero Industry Development Centre AS Aggressor Squadron CAF Canadian Armed Forces CCTs Combat Crew Training Squadron CFFTS | Canadian Forces Flying Training School Cw Composite Wing DACT —Dissimilar Air Combat Training FAB Forca Aerea Brasileira FAC Fuerza Aerea de Chile FAM — Fuerza Aerea Mexicana FW Fighter Wing EWS Fighter Weapons School IAF Imperial Iranian Air Force LEX Leading Edge Extension MAP Military Assistance Programme RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force Copyright © Robbie Shaw, 1990 First published inthe UK in 1990 by Ailfe Publishing Lt British Cataloguing in Publication Data available ISHN 185310 136 2 (Hardback) ISBN 188310 111 7 (Paperbock) RJAF Royal Jordanian Air Force RNLAF Royal Netherlands Air Force RNAP Royal Norwegian Air Force ROCAF Republic of China Air Force ROKAF Republic of Korea Air Force RSAF Royal Saudi Air Force SVNAF South Vietnamese Air Force TAC Tactical Air Command TPTAS Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor Squadron TFTS Tactical Fighter Training Squadron TFW Tactical Fighter Wing TNE-AU Tentara Nasional Indonesia ~ Angkatan Udara TTIW Tactical Training Wing TUDM ‘Tentara Udara Diraja Malaysia USAF United States Air Force USMC United States Marine Corps USN United States Navy VE Naval Fighter Squadron VFA Naval Fighter Attack Squadron VHF Very High Frequency VMFT Manne Fighter Training Squadron All rights reserved. No part ofthis book may be reproduced or ansmitted in any formor by any means, electronic or mechanical sluding photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in writing Airlife Publishing Ltd. 101 Longden Road, Shrewsbury SY3 9EB, EnglandAirlife EnglandINTRODUCTIONBotom Rather surprsingly for a taining unt ant sperated in least nur This FSF sac rearing Royal Sail Ait Fo were otrowing atcta to participate in'a Red Flag evercice at Nel Below: Over the years Willams Fs ty ofcolour hemes Thar 425th F3E is wear type camoua pattems prevalent in Tactical Ar Command atthe tine. and the L Felco allocated tothe 4 sta a Ni hii chil ladegreen, bromnbury for anther encounter over the ‘North So wersary Eskadron 726 o! the Reval Darish Air Force hi atk in the shape of the unl insta above the pon wing16815ng range fuel ranks this 3 Below The gelde quacron stands out well on the old ni N the runway a Bruodené eee v _-.: beat > : ae Saani pre deneraphpe mer cont ert apap ona ok ios mn pap Ma A eR AR ERT EES SPEER I TE AA a EB REE SOF var . : ~ ‘ pene : . rpiesree saute PLO TSS Ah a ereenetonennerac len SOF epee eee Socemme PE RIT i Ha pecker aieieemeneaiaenetacenee “ - . ‘ - a r . b PAP phetegnartomes ents het a iscedandeaaan : i ws : PERUSE Salta ingiet Ashe, . . rs 18 Sans Vt pike ARN OE AAA TN ne BRT Vie A tN ee Phen14, was the first one to be as at Emmen, a sin ee with the cone. With Fliegerstaffel nic e it was phed at its Dubendorf base Below: The unit insignia on the no. f this F-5E identifies it as belongir to Fliegerstaffel 18.Below: Early build PSA from 8 Jet Base at MertonBelow: A Kenya Air Foroe F-SE photographed on a test fight pr aveKenya AF on it ht through Below Morocco operated both the F-5A and # models ftom its base at Kenia and these were supplemented by a sail number of ex rani ers vanants. Some of these romain operational i i all number of ex-Alconbury based meen delivered. hustated is an PSE in desert~\ ~ = 4 ai ~ ; a ¢ | = aaa eonongpeaer one - epee ee —— ~ f i J aes lf 9 aan EL NEF a = en - aA AiThe task of air defence of Indonesian territory is under- taken by one unit of Tiger Ils, this being 14 Skwadron, 300 Wing of the Tentara Nasional Indonesia — Angkatan Udara (TNI-AU). This translates to Indonesian Air Force, and the unit which comprises eight E and four F models is located at Iswahyudi AFB, Madiun, which is on the large island of Java. Opposite: One of 14 Skwadron's colourful F-SEs photographed at Jakarta/ Kemayoran airport Below: Markings of 300 Wing TNI-AU on an F-5E.Northrop built ROKAF F-5E in USAF Viemam-ype ta ge scheme (Nort) jara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM), which trans to Royal h nn Air Force, uses the F-5E in the air defence role from the former Australian base at Butterworth, These are operated by Nos Il and 12 Squadrons. The TUDM initially received two F-SBs, but these have since been sold to Thailand, and eventually a total of seventeen E, four F and two RF-SEs delivered (Opposite: An 11 Squadron PSE at Buterworth (DavSee = eee. ea Oke® the RF-SE Tigereye with an Second of which i usrated pro to dol for the F-5A Sabres in the air defence by F-8H Cr Fs the PhiLAF. inventory. Attrition has been v, ily eight A and tw time of writing. Itis likely how the 2 AS will be handed over tc have been replaced by the F-16 jPposte: The Cobra insignia of the 6 TFS Phi A.Hlue Te ra se etden and well ¢ n. this tiny friendly counties, yet has a large hundre F-5, P-16 and Hu E ye surveillance aircraft pnmanly offensive aircraft, added tc he Republic quipped air arm f well combat air id his inventory of its absolute paranoia e of its neighbour ir Force uding 1 are operated by 144 Shirkra’ Squad -ehieved, underground03 Tiger Squadron Royal Thai Ai ForeLATIN AMERICA rm in South America, the Forca A vered to equip uses the Tiger Il to supplement cruz ar defence role. Thirty-six F refuelling probes uelled by Boeing K comprising twenty-f* mp 3P . a FRF. . & sofabed ee, fe eats Bt , oF AJ —e bsMIDDLE EASTLain A ana SN GAAS PAA 1B Gp SA SAG AORD RARE TOOT pre ramen, ALE Shp RGN 1a Sear) ep 48 Sern $ rn Stee SCT Eis Den Lace ertnenth three lon 1 1e] tanks ie nose leg e> »y three degre Well over one hundred Tiger IIs equip the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) whilst most of the twenty F-5Bs delivered in 1973 remain on the inventory. Tiger IIs currently serve with 3 and 10 Squadrons at Taif, 15 at Khamis Mushayt and 17 at Tabuk. A previous operator, 7 Squadron at Dhahran has re-equipped with the Tornado. The RSAF was the second and final customer for the RF-5E Tigereye with an order for ten aircraft for 17 Squadron Saudi desert cam R: FORCESal Sas! off OL BAHRAIN AMIRI AIR FORCE PID ET . ™ ne Y ——. ae er aiden .__ Airlife Publishing Ltd. BE ShromtneSYS0E3 Engand”” £9.95 Wu 531017