Topic of the Week #116 - F-5 Freedom Fighter / Tiger II

[Bernard]

Since the Northrop SF-5M was one of the stars of this year's Air Tattoo, you will have understood that this week's subject will be the F-5 Freedom Fighter / Tiger II as well as the T-38 Talon.

Miramar 1990


Fairford 1997


Meiringen 2017


Sanicole 2022


Fairford 2024
As usual, 5 pictures max

[DerekF]

z1983045_20 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

z1985077_11 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

z1994242_14 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

zDSC_0284A by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

z1984059_16 by Derek N.Ferguson, on Flickr

[Blackbird]

Northrop F-5E Aggressors Alconbury 1982 by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

At the Museum of Flight, Seattle
YF-5A Prototype by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Northrop F-5A Philippine Air Force Museum by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr

Northrop F-5E 74-01543 527th TFTAS by Andrew Shaw, on Flickr
RAF Alconbury Open House 1984

[DeanW]

[xkekeith]

Oppertunity to dig out some old T-38's

Lockheed operated T-38A supporting the SR-71 operation at Beale 1980:

10363 T-38A Lockheed by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

9th SRW T-38A Beale:

00581 T-38A 9th SRW by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

T-38A McClellan AFLC hack:

00551 T-38A McClellan AFLC by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Edwards AFFTC T-38A at Pt Mugu:

88158 T-38A AFFTC Edwards by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

Thunderbirds at Nellis

T-38A Thunderbirds by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

[buccs2b]

Mostly archive photos

Edwards 1996
EDW9610_0001 by Tony Adams, on Flickr

Mojave 1996
27_WC_0003_1 by Tony Adams, on Flickr

Leuchars 1994
Leuchars_199409_0003 by Tony Adams, on Flickr

Fairford 2008
Turkish Stars - Mirror by Tony Adams, on Flickr

Fairford 2014
Patrouille Suisse by Tony Adams, on Flickr

[capercaillie]

Quite agree, good to see the lovely little F-5s landing on the good end this time, the Spanish pair and the non PS F-5E, not in the competition.
SF-5M Freedom Fighter AE9-17/23-10 Ala 23 Spanish Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Some slightly older retro entries, although not as old as some already on here:
T-38A Talon 64-13197/ED 445FLTS/412TW US Air Force Edwards AFB by Paul Downes, on Flickr

F-5B Freedom Fighter 00777/5-777 5 AJU Turkish Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

F-5A Freedom Fighter 132 338 Squadron Royal Norwegian Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

F-5E Tiger II 741530/AF03 VFC-13 US Navy NAS Fallon by Paul Downes, on Flickr

F-5F Tiger II J-3202 Swiss Air Force by Paul Downes, on Flickr

[Tommy]

A type that I don’t have enough of on the HDD:

[planenuts]

Hi chaps,

Edwards 1996
IMG_5911 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Mojave 1996
IMG_5851 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Waddington 2000
IMG_8829 by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

RIAT 2007 (?)
IMG_0449 (2) by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

RIAT 2016
IMG_3400 (2) by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Not in the comp (guess why....), but these are Yemen AF...in Yemen 2007, taken at distance from on a moving airport bus
IMG_0358 (2) by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr
IMG_0359 (2) by Rupert Kelley, on Flickr

Rupe

[Draken]

1.
a9050 by TChrul, on Flickr

2.
697170 by TChrul, on Flickr

3.
ts2 by TChrul, on Flickr

4.
730852 by TChrul, on Flickr

5.
j3094 by TChrul, on Flickr

[Bernard]

Thank you to those who participated.
Some superb rarities in this subject.
As I have to choose a winner, it will be the Swiss F-5s in the mist. So, over to you, DeanW