Editing Northrop F-5 (section)

===Mexico===
[[File:F5 FAM popocatepetl.jpg|thumb|Mexican Air Force F-5 Tiger flying near the [[Popocatepetl]] volcano]]

In 1982, the [[Mexican Air Force]] received 10 F-5Es and two F-5Fs after the purchase of 24 IAI Kfir C.1 was blocked by the US, because the Kfir used the American-produced J79 engine. These fighters complemented the Lockheed T-33 and [[de Havilland Vampire]] Mk. I (received much earlier), two of the first combat jet aircraft in Mexico. The F-5 gave Mexico its first supersonic warplane, and it saw the formation of Air Squadron 401. On 16 September 1995, after more than 30 military parade flights without incidents, an F-5E collided in midair with three Lockheed T-33s during the military parade for the Independence of Mexico resulting in 10 deaths.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Darling |first=Juanita |date=1995-09-17 |title=4 Planes Crash in Mexico Festivities; 6 Killed |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-17-mn-46900-story.html |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> As of 2021, the Mexican Air Force has five Northrop F-5E and two F-5F fighters combat ready and for training purposes.<ref>{{cite web |title=México reactiva sus aviones F-5E/F Tigre II HD 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhcn-l2VYCs&ab_channel=MexicoaeroespacialyDefensa |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/lhcn-l2VYCs |archive-date=2021-10-30|website=YouTube | date=11 February 2021 |publisher=Mexicoaeroespacial y Defensa |access-date=12 August 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>