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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.

F-5E 72-01405 was c/n 1025, the second last aircraft produced in a contract for 21 F-5E’s. 72405 joined the 425th Squadron of the 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing in 1974 and were stationed at Luke AFB. The 58th Wing was tasked with training U.S. aircrew as well as aircrews and their support personnel from friendly foreign squadrons and wings. They also took part in operational and tactical exercises at the base until 1977 when the 58th TFTW was re-designated the 58th Tactical Training Wing. In 1988 this aircraft was sent to Honduras as FAH 4010.

Specifications Northrop F-5E Tiger II Crew: 1 Dimensions Length - 47 ft 4.75 in (14.45 m) Wingspan - 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) Height - 13 ft 4.5 in (4.08 m)

Powerplant 2 x General Electric J85-GE-21B turbojet Dry thrust - 3,500 lbf (15.5 kN) per engine Thrust with afterburner - 5,000 lbf (22.2 kN) per engine Internal fuel - 677 US gal (2,563 L) External fuel - 275 US gal (1,040 L) per tank in up to 3 tanks Weight Empty weight - 9,558 lb (4,349 kg) Loaded weight - 15,745 lb (7,157 kg) Max takeoff weight - 20,486 lb (9,312 kg)

Performance Maximum speed - 917 kn (1,060 mph, 1,700 km/h, Mach 1.6) Range - 760 nmi (870 mi, 1,405 km) Ferry range - 2,010 nmi (2,310 mi, 3,700 km) Service ceiling - 51,800 ft (15,800 m)

Armament Guns - 2 x 20 mm (0.787 in) Pontiac M39A2 Revolver cannons in the nose, 280 rounds/gun Hardpoints - 7 total (3 x wet): 2 x wing-tip AAM launch rails, 4 x under-wing and 1 x under- fuselage pylon stations holding up to 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg) of payload. Rockets 2 x LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19 x / 7 x Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively) or 2 x LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19 x CRV7 70 mm rockets) or 2 x LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4 x Zuni 127 mm rockets) or 2 x Matra rocket pods (each with 18 x SNEB 68 mm rockets) Missiles: Air-to-air missile: 4 x AIM-9 Sidewinders or 4 x AIM-120 AMRAAMs Air-to-surface missile: 2 x AGM-65 Mavericks Bombs: A variety of air-to-ground ordnance such as the Mark 80 series of unguided iron bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs), CBU-24/49/52/58 cluster bomb munitions, napalm bomb canisters and M129 Leaflet bomb and laser guided bombs of Paveway family. Others: up to 3 x 150/275 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time. Avionics Emerson Electric AN/APQ-153 radar on early batch of F-5E Emerson Electric AN/APQ-159 radar on later production F-5E

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA3314 Northrop F-5E Tiger II USAF, 58 TFTW, Luke AFB AZ 1970’s

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.