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 were
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was finally withdrawn from service it was placed in a decoy revetment on the south side of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.
Length: 7.75 inch
Width: 4.5 inch