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After 50 years, the US Navy is finally ditching the F-5 Tiger II

The F-5 Tiger II has spent decades as a “Red Team” aircraft—playing the role of a Russian fighter in air exercises. To ...
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Why is Iran still flying the F-5 Tiger?

Iran’s F-5 Tiger II aircraft are decades old and utterly outmatched by modern American and Israeli aircraft—but Iran does not have anything better. The Northrop F-5 Tiger II is a Cold War relic. Once ...