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Published: 2008-04-28 08:40:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 1861; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 59
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Northrop F-5E Tiger II,US Air Force Aggressor {those "Commie Types"},c.1980s,used for Air Combat Manuvering training in the USAF,s "Red Flag" program at Nellis AFB,Nevada. this type was also used by the US Navy at the Fighter Weapons School{TOP GUN} at NAS Mirimar{the former "Fightertown,USA"} for the same purpose as it was very similar in size and performance to the Soviet MiG-21 "Fishbed" fighter-interceptor. in 1986,a few Navy F-5s were painted glossy black with "Unfriendly Nation" markings and starred in the blockbuster motion picture "Top Gun" as the mysterious/secret MiG-28 "Fantasy", against "Maverick" and "Iceman"Related content
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Funny I just watched Top Gun the other day. They also had these at Clark AB in the P.I. Used to guard them and others.
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ours,or PAF? the one here is from Nellis AFB.
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Ours. I can't remember the SQ numbers.
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not a problem....it was a while ago!
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Yep, those Commies with their weird jets, who would ever fly, much less manufacture, such a odd plane?
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not odd at all,really. the Northrop F-5 series were actually rather simple and basic in design and construction,but excellent in performance. very inexpensive and cost-effective too.
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I know this plane. Since it had flying abilities like MiGs , it was used for training.
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almost identical handling to a MiG-21. i saw one once that had a paint job designed to give the F-5 a silhouette just like the MiG too.
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Did it have red stars ? If so, it must have looked awful.
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no markings at all,just painted in a pattern of dark and light grey to create the MiG-21 outline.
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Stunning. What is that thing on the bottom? Makes it look like a wasp about to lay an egg.
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it,s just an extra fuel tank to extend mission time. many fighters use them,very little room for internal fuel cells.{and very thirsty engines!} external tanks can be jettisoned if need be,such as engaging in combat.
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all over the COAir system.....it is my job,after all......
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I thought, you liek, fell off the face of the earth or something.
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just went to a few different parts,but never fell off.
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Ah. That's good to know.
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this Old Cat,s just too mean and perverted to let that happen!
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and to think people really used to believe that "World is flat" stuff.........!{among so many other silly things}
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such as Witchcraft.....many innocent folks were put to death for such a silly mistaken belief.
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still plenty of places in the world that are a bit backwards.
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Like, New York? COngress?
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ANYWHO. That Tiger II looks like it's from Ace Combat 5.
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they probably used the Aggressor color scheme as a pattern for the game images.
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*thinks* They did, is that the usual scheme for them?
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whatever they used was as close as possible to known current Soviet Bloc camo schemes. some were air-superiority blues/greys,others overland or desert sand/brown.
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ah, I thought the Russians don't have that many color schemes.
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more than most would believe!
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most were simply adapted to fit the local terrain they would be operating in,and some actually were very attractive on the planes.
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Yep. I liked the camo my dad had on the A-6. VA-34 painted eyes on the A-6. GENIUS!
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i still like Navy planes from the Gloss Gull Grey and White days.......
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wish they,d bring them old colors back.....those were the days.
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They're starting too.
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just won,t ever be the same again......
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at least i can make my models any way i like!
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But it's not a MIG. I saw a MIG base at Aswan Egypt last week. I also saw the underground bunkers for the planes.
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now what were you doing in EGYPT?
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I was gawking at pyramids, temples, and MIGs
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flyable,or museum pieces?
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They were flyable and at the Aswan air base.
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