Copy of Northrop F-5 - Port El Kantaoui, Sousse, Tunisia
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N 35° 54.349 E 010° 34.827
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"Homemade copy" of Northrop F-5 placed in front of restaurant in Port El Kantaoui tourist complex
Waymark Code: WMJ17Z
Location: Tunisia
Date Posted: 09/08/2013
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Depicted "homemade copy" of Northrop F-5 is placed and displayed with more airplanes in front of restaurant in Port El Kantaoui tourist complex at main road along the sea. Unfortunately there is no more information about this plane, just number and some identification signs. There are even questions if this plane was really part of US NAVY, or it's repainted old Tunisian plane (because Tunisian army uses F5s).
"The Northrop F-5A/B Freedom Fighter and the F-5E/F Tiger II are part of a family of widely used light supersonic fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop. Although less complex and advanced than some contemporary aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, it was significantly cheaper to procure and operate, the type became a popular aircraft on the export market. While not procured in volume by the United States, it was perhaps the most effective air-to-air fighter possessed by the U.S. in the 1960s and early 1970s. Strengths included the aircraft's compact size, a high level of maneuverability, favorable flying qualities and a low accident rate, and a high sortie generation rate. The capabilities, reliability, and maintainability of the F-5, similarly to a Soviet counterpart, the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, led to hundreds of F-5s remaining in service into the 21st century."
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