Speaking of F5 "Tiger" fighters, many people may not be familiar with it, but when it comes to the American air combat movie "Rising Clouds", the "MiG 28" which is inextricably beaten with Tom's F14, everyone There is an impression that it is actually played by F5, and it has also played important roles in many movies, becoming the "spokesperson" of enemy aircraft. Compared with the scenery in the movie, the F5 in reality is an out-and-out "widow maker" and "flying coffin". Together with the F104, it is called the "U.S. pit ally dedicated aircraft." For example, just recently, an illegally armed F5E in a certain area crashed during offshore training. After the pilot escaped, he was entangled in an umbrella rope and drowned alive.
The MiG 28, which is inextricably played against Tom’s in "Rising Aspirations", is the
played by F5, and this is just one of the routine operations of F5, as a low-end dedicated to less intimate "allies". Fighter, F5 use record can be described as very bad. Before this crash, there were many accidents, turning the wives of many pilots into widows. In 2011, there were statistics showing that in 36 years, there were 32 crashes of illegally armed F5 in a certain area, which can be described as a "big killer." Now, this number has been updated to at least 35 crashes, resulting in the death of at least 34 illegal armed pilots.
The illegally armed female pilots driving F5
were particularly serious. On September 13, 2011, an illegally armed F-5F and an RF-5E in a certain area accidentally crashed into a mountain in Yilan, resulting in the death of three pilots. A similar incident happened on September 30, 1997, when two F5 fighters and three pilots crashed into a mountain in the Hetian mountain area on the Yanliao coast in Hualien. On May 11, 2007, an F5F participating in the Hanguang exercise training crashed near the Hukou Industrial Zone in Hsinchu County, killing two pilots. As the crash site happened to be the dormitory of Singapore’s “Star Force”, the fighter jet exploded and burned, causing the death of 2 Singapore “Star Force” soldiers and 9 injuries.
F5 can be called a "big killer"
In foreign countries, although the F5 crash record is better, it is basically half a catty. For example, on April 5, 2004, an F5 fighter of the Royal Saudi Air Force was routinely in Taif area. Crashed during flight training. On June 18, 2010, an F-5F of the 18th Flying Team of the ROK Air Force crashed in the East China Sea near Gangneung. Just a few months ago, on March 1, two F5 F5 aircraft of the ROK Air Force crashed simultaneously during training in the mountainous area near Gangneung City, Gangwon Province.
Although the Iranian Air Force changed the F5 to a "lightning" with a double vertical tail, it suffered from it. For example, on April 21, 2013, an F5 crashed in western Iran and two pilots died. On August 26, 2018, another F5 crashed in Khuzestan Province in the southwestern region of the country. It is worth mentioning that these three F5s belong to the Fourth Air Force Base of the Iranian Air Force Dizful.
For F5 fighters, crashes are routine operations, and sometimes they get up so hard that they even fall. For example, on August 9, 2017, a U.S. Navy F5 crashed during a training flight off the coast of Florida, but the pilot managed to escape. The most recent accident from the crash of an illegally armed F5E into the sea in a certain area occurred on October 6, 2020. At that time, an F5 fighter jet in Tunisia crashed in the southern part of the country and its pilot was killed.
got up so hard that even his own people fell
. As we mentioned earlier, F5 is a low-end fighter designed for not-so-close "allies". Judging from its export record, it is true. Even if it exports to Israel and Canada, it is only used as a coach Machine exists. A total of 2,224 F5s were produced, most of which were exported, making American arms dealers and Northrop a lot of money. In order to continue to cheat money, they also launched an upgraded F20 "Tiger Shark" fighter jet based on the F5, and aimed at my country. However, my country did not look at it at the time, and the United States had to replace the F16 with the backward J79. The turbojet engine is ready to be sold to us.
F5 is mainly responsible for the imaginary enemy task in the US military.
F20 uses a turbofan engine
F 16/79
Although in the end, regardless of F20 or F16/79 exports are a failure, the Americans are still staring at our poor pockets. In the early days of the Sino-Pakistani joint development of the "Fierce Dragon", that is, during the Super Seven Project, the Americans had prepared to use the F20 nose and the and 7 fuselage and tail to knead a "new" fighter jet. This is The so-called "Sabre" II. Fortunately, in the end, the Americans took the initiative to stop the Sabre II, otherwise the "Fierce Dragon" is far from reaching today's performance.
F20’s nose and the tail of the F-7 fuselage are combined with the "Saber" II
. Today’s Xiaolong
F5 is basically equivalent to the performance of the F7. Except for a more handsome appearance, it may not be able to win the F7, otherwise my country is getting it. After the uprising of F5, it will not always be imitated. The performance of the upgraded F20 is probably equivalent to that of the J-8II. They have never been advanced fighters, and they have never been taken seriously by American arms dealers. They just try to squeeze its residual value. As for the maintenance, maintenance, and upgrades required by customers, I didn't take it to heart, and I had been in the service for so many years, it was normal to lose two planes without incident. The
X29 forward-swept wing verification machine is modified on the basis of F20. The source of
X31 is also F20
