Editing Northrop F-5 (section)

===Kenya===
[[File:F-5 Tiger Kenya.jpg|thumb|[[Kenya Air Force]] F-5E Tiger II and a USAF [[C-5 Galaxy]] in the background]]
In June 1976, Kenya ordered 10 new F-5E and two F-5F aircraft from the U.S. for $70 million.<ref>Weinraub, Bernard. [https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/17/archives/us-to-sell-kenya-12-f5s-in-70-million-arms-deal.html "U.S. to Sell Kenya 12 F‐5's In $70 Million Arms Deal."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027002949/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/17/archives/us-to-sell-kenya-12-f5s-in-70-million-arms-deal.html |date=17 June 1976}} ''nytimes.com,'' 17 June 1976. Retrieved: 26 October 2023.</ref>

Starting on 16 October 2011 during [[Operation Linda Nchi]], [[Kenyan Air Force]] F-5s supported the Kenyan forces fighting in Somalia against Al Shabab Islamists bombing targets inside Somalia and spearheading the ground forces.<ref>Axe, David. [http://www.offiziere.ch/?p=6767 "Kenyan Jets Spearhead Somalia Operation."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104143336/http://www.offiziere.ch/?p=6767 |date=4 January 2012}} ''offiziere.ch,'' 1 November 2011. Retrieved: 24 April 2012.</ref>