A commercial adversary support provider snapped up the jets in
hopes of supplying aggressor duties to the US Navy, US Air Force, and other
customers.
BY TYLER
ROGOWAY OCTOBER 31, 2017
Private red air contractor TacAir is the purchaser of the
ex-Jordanian F-5Es that we wrote about being pulled off a
747-400F in Florida last February. The aircraft were going to be overhauled by
the Northrop Grumman plant located in St. Augustine that also supports
the Navy and Marine Corps' F-5Ns, and has upgraded other air
arms' aging Tiger IIs with structural and avionics enhancements over the years.
These aircraft were the only four delivered from Jordan to the U.S. via air,
with the other 17 examples being shipped via ocean freighter to the facility.
In all, 21 ex-Jordanian F-5E/F airframes were purchased as part of the deal.
These aircraft will drastically augment TacAir's current F-5 fleet,
which includes an F-5B and three CF-5D Freedom Fighters, the latter of which
are license-built Canadian derivatives of Northrop's first generation F-5. All
four aircraft are two seat variants……Read rest of article: HERE
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