Length: 7.75"
Width: 4.5"
1/72 scale pre-finished.
Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
Professionally painted.
All markings are pad applied for superb results.
Crew figure.
Comes with display stand.
Landing gear can be displayed up or down.
Extremely sought after by collectors.
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.
In April 1976 the 527th began as the 527th Tactical Fighter Training and Aggressor
Squadron located at RAF Alconbury near Cambridge England. In May 1976 the squadron
was equipped with the Northrop F-5E and beginning in September of that year provided
aggressor support to combat units based in Europe. Shortly there after; the squadron was
renamed the 527th Aggressor Squadron and their F-5Es wore the “snake” camo paint
scheme. On June 22, 1988 the 527th flew its last sortie using the F-5E. The 527th AS
transitioned to the F-16C in January 1989. F-5E 74-1553 was built in 1974 as c/n R1211
and in July 1990 it was transferred to the Moroccan Air Force as 01553.