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<blockquote data-quote="paulo" data-source="post: 577114" data-attributes="member: 5327">Navy Keeps Adversary's EdgePosted by Graham Warwick at 10/22/2008 8:30 AM CDT More than 25 years after its first flight, the Northrop F-5E Tiger II is alive and well in the U.S. inventory. The Navy has completed the purchase and refurbishment of 44 ex-Swiss air force Tigers, which have replaced the original F-5Es used for aggressor - sorry, adversary - training. The &quot;new&quot; aircraft are designated F-5Ns and expected to serve in that role until at least 2015. <img src="http://sitelife.aviationweek.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/11/47346b47-2f02-45ef-bbd4-4e425c0371aa.Large.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Ex-Swiss F-5Ns (Photo: via U.S. Navy)The ex-Swiss Tigers have better handling than the F-5Es they replaced. And now the Navy is upgrading the aircraft's inertial navigation system, installing the Northrop fiber-optic-gyro LN-260 used in the F-16. With the upgrade comes an embedded GPS and new multi-function touchscreen display. With China still producing and exporting MiG-21-class lightweight fighters, the F-5 looks to have an ongoing role in dissimilar air-combat training.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="paulo, post: 577114, member: 5327"] Navy Keeps Adversary's Edge Posted by Graham Warwick at 10/22/2008 8:30 AM CDT More than 25 years after its first flight, the Northrop F-5E Tiger II is alive and well in the U.S. inventory. The Navy has completed the purchase and refurbishment of 44 ex-Swiss air force Tigers, which have replaced the original F-5Es used for aggressor - sorry, adversary - training. The "new" aircraft are designated F-5Ns and expected to serve in that role until at least 2015. [IMG]http://sitelife.aviationweek.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/7/11/47346b47-2f02-45ef-bbd4-4e425c0371aa.Large.jpg[/IMG] Ex-Swiss F-5Ns (Photo: via U.S. Navy) The ex-Swiss Tigers have better handling than the F-5Es they replaced. And now the Navy is upgrading the aircraft's inertial navigation system, installing the Northrop fiber-optic-gyro LN-260 used in the F-16. With the upgrade comes an embedded GPS and new multi-function touchscreen display. With China still producing and exporting MiG-21-class lightweight fighters, the F-5 looks to have an ongoing role in dissimilar air-combat training. [/QUOTE]

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