The F-5 also has anti-skid brakes, Initial Navigation System (INS), ALR-87 Radar Warning Receivers (RWR), AN/APQ-159 radar and ALE-40 chaff/flare capability. This aircraft carries AIM-9 Sidewinder ...

It doesn't exist. The plane in the '80s flick was a repainted Northrop Grumman F-5 Tiger. The movie had some fun with this fictitious plane, alluding to the real jet by giving some technical ...

The Tiger is a small one or two-seat fighter built in the 1960s ... and triple the complexity of your seat belt.” The Navy chose the F–5 for its low cost and high maintainability, so to keep costs to ...