Editing Northrop F-5 (section)

===Current operators===
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*[[Bahrain Air Force]] received eight F-5Es and two F-5Fs in between 1985 and 1987.<ref name="WAPJ 25 p90">{{harvnb|Lake|Hewson|1996|p=90}}</ref> As of 2024 they operate 12 F-5E/Fs for conversion training.{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=13}}
[[File:Botswana DF CF-5D OJ 25 (6918328249).jpg|thumb|CF-5 of the Botswana Defence Force]]
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*[[Botswana Air Force]] purchased 10 upgraded CF-5As and 3 CF-5Ds from Canada in 1996.<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%201518.html "Botswana buys CF-5s".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309020149/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%201518.html |date=9 March 2012}} ''[[Flight International]]'', 19–25 June 1996, p. 22.</ref> A further three CF-5A and two CF-5D were purchased in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scramble.nl/bw.htm |title=Botswana Defence Force |publisher=Scramble.nl |access-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120123635/http://www.scramble.nl/bw.htm |archive-date=20 January 2012}}</ref><ref>Knott and Spearman 2003, p. 76.</ref> 11 CF-5A and 4 CF-5D were in service in 2024.{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=14}}
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*[[Brazilian Air Force]] purchased 79 F-5s of different variants from 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.fab.mil.br/afa/index.php/aeronaves/337-f-5em-northrop-f-5em-fab-4883|website=fab.mil.br |access-date=17 October 2024|title=F-5s FAB|language=pt}}</ref> Operates 35 F-5EM and 4 F-5FM as of 2024,{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=14}} with the type being withdrawn gradually between 2022 and 2029,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aereo.jor.br/2023/04/30/o-plano-de-desativacao-dos-cacas-northrop-f-5-da-forca-aerea-brasileira/|website=Poder Aéreo |access-date=17 October 2024|date=30 April 2023|title=O Plano de Desativação dos caças Northrop F-5 da Força Aérea Brasileira|language=pt}}</ref> replaced by the [[Saab JAS 39 Gripen|JAS 39E/F Gripen]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/brazilian-air-force-confirms-gripen-acquisition-numbers-406213/ |title= Brazilian air force confirms Gripen acquisition numbers |work= Flight Global |date= 18 November 2014 |access-date= 4 May 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190427201557/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/brazilian-air-force-confirms-gripen-acquisition-numbers-406213/ |archive-date= 27 April 2019 |url-status= live}}</ref>
[[File:F-5E Tiger III Plus.jpg|thumb|Chilean F-5E Tiger III Plus at the National Aeronautical and Space Museum in Chile]]
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*[[Chilean Air Force]]: Chile purchased 15 F-5Es and 3 F-5Fs in the 1970s, these being upgraded to Tiger III standard from 1993.<ref name="WAPJ 25 p92-3">{{harvnb|Lake|Hewson|1996|pp=92–93}}</ref><ref name="Chile to increase F-16 fleet.">[http://www.milaviapress.com/news/archive/2008.php#45 "Chile to increase F-16 fleet."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019024440/http://www.milaviapress.com/news/archive/2008.php#45 |date=19 October 2008}} ''milaviapress.com''. Retrieved: 9 January 2010.</ref> A total of 10 F-5s are in use as of 2009.<ref name="flight 09 p37">''Flight International'' 15–21 December 2009, p. 37.</ref> In March 2013, the [[Uruguayan Air Force]] initiated talks for procuring 12 surplus F-5 Tiger III aircraft from Chile for $80 million.<ref>[http://dmilt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6112:uruguay-air-force-eying-ex-chilean-f-5-tiger-iii-fighters&catid=35:latin-america&Itemid=58 "Uruguay; Air Force expresses interest in Chilean surplus F-5."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222130520/http://dmilt.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6112:uruguay-air-force-eying-ex-chilean-f-5-tiger-iii-fighters&catid=35:latin-america&Itemid=58 |date=22 February 2014}} ''Dmilt.com'', 24 March 2013.</ref> However, 13 aircraft continue in service with the Chilean Air Force in 2024.{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=15}}
[[File:F5e-fah.gif|thumb|A Honduran Air Force F-5E]]
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*[[Honduran Air Force]]: The United States delivered 10 F-5E and 2 F-5Fs starting in 1987,<ref name="WAPJ 25 p94">{{harvnb|Lake|Hewson|1996|p=94}}</ref> as replacements for Dassault Super Mystére, which were reassigned to airstrike as they were in their last years of service.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} The F-5 were refurbished former United States Air Force aircraft.<ref name="WAPJ 25 p94"/> Four F-5Es and two F-5Fs remain in service as of 2024.{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|pp=19–20}}
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*[[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force]]: 35 F-5E and 15 F-5F estimated operational as of 2024;{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=21}} Iran originally had received a total of 127 F-5A/B by 1972 which soon began to be phased out/sold to other countries. By 1976 Iran had received a total of 181 of the improved F-5E/F/RF-A delivered to the [[History of the Iranian Air Force|Imperial Iranian Air Force]].
*Unknown numbers of [[HESA Saeqeh]] and [[HESA Azarakhsh]] fighters derived from the F-5 design.
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*[[Kenya Air Force]]: In July 2008, it was reported that Kenya will spend [[Kenyan shilling|KSh.]]1.5&nbsp;billion/= to buy 15 former Jordanian Air Force F-5s, 13 F-5E and two F-5F upgraded with Rockwell Collins avionics<ref>[http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/kenya/index.php "Kenyan military aviation."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227012807/http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/kenya/index.php |date=27 December 2008}} ''OrBat''. Retrieved: 1 July 2011.</ref> (plus training and spare parts). They will be added or eventually replace the existing F-5 fleet.<ref>[http://articles.janes.com/extracts/extract/cafrsu/kenys120.html "Air force (Kenya), Air force."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414121029/http://articles.janes.com/extracts/extract/cafrsu/kenys120.html |date=14 April 2011}} ''janes.com''. Retrieved: 1 July 2011.</ref> Seventeen F-5Es and six F-5Fs remain in service as of 2024.{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=22}}
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*[[Mexican Air Force]] received 12 F-5s in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Whither the Mexican Air Force Combat Fleet? {{!}} Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses|url=https://idsa.in/idsacomments/whither-the-mexican-air-force-combat-fleet_sbmaharaj_280217|access-date=2021-01-12|website=idsa.in}}</ref>  They operated eight F-5Es and two F-5F until being retired in 2017.<ref>[http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/mexico/index.php "Mexican military aviation."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220141712/http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/mexico/index.php |date=20 December 2008}} ''OrBat''. Retrieved: 9 January 2010.</ref> Three Mexican F-5Es and one F-5F were in service as of 2024.{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=24}}
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*[[Royal Moroccan Air Force]] operates 12 F-5A/Bs upgraded with Tiger II avionics and 24 upgraded F-5 Tiger III.<ref>[http://home.eblcom.ch/f5enthusiast/AirForces/MoroccoAF.html Elbcom "F-5".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719045618/http://home.eblcom.ch/f5enthusiast/AirForces/MoroccoAF.html |date=19 July 2013}} ''Royal Moroccan Air Force''. Retrieved: 23 December 2014.</ref> 22 F-5Es and 4 F-5Fs remain in service as of 2024.{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=24}}
[[File:2011년 1월 공군 F-4E 이륙 및 정비(8) (7499852384).jpg|thumb|A South Korean Air Force KF-5E takes off]]
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*[[Republic of Korea Air Force]]: Received a total of 340 F-5s (88 F-5A, 30 F-5B, 8 RF-5A, 126 F-5E, 20 F-5F, 48 KF-5E, and 20 KF-5F). During the [[Vietnam War]], 36 F-5As and 8 RF-5As were transferred to the [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]] in exchange of [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|F-4 Phantom II]] from the [[United States Air Force]]. 5 RF-5As were brought back to Korea before the war ended. The last Freedom Fighter retired in 2005, and 8 F-5As were donated to the [[Philippine Air Force]]. The ROKAF plans to replace the US made F-5E/Fs with 60 new [[KAI T-50 Golden Eagle|FA-50]] aircraft and [[KAI KF-X]].{{citation needed|reason=Entire paragraph needs citing.|date=January 2016}} 138 F-5Es and 29 F-5Fs remain in service as of 2024.{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=29}}
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*[[Spanish Air and Space Force]] operates 19 F-5BM as trainers for fighter school. Initially, 70 fighters version A and B were delivered.<ref>{{cite web
 |url        = http://www.isdefe.es/webisdefe.nsf/web/tecnolog%C3%ADa+de+la+defensa.+an%C3%A1lisis+de+la+situaci%C3%B3n+espa%C3%B1ola/$file/tecdef.pdf
 |title      = Tecnología de la Defensa
 |access-date= 29 January 2009
 |author     = Carlos Martí Sempere
 |date       = 2006
 |publisher  = Instituto Universitario "General Gutiérrez Mellado" (UNED)
 |language   = es}}{{Dead link|date=December 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> 19 F-5Ms remained in use in 2024.{{sfn|Hoyle|2024|p=30}}
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*[[Swiss Air Force]]: Operating 42 F-5E and 12 F-5F Tiger II.<ref name=afmonthly>de Ridder, Dirk Jan. ''Alpine Tigers face extinction'', ''[[AirForces Monthly]]'' magazine, February 2011 issue, pp. 76–81.</ref> 110 F-5E/F12 were delivered, including 90 whose final assembly was done in Switzerland. After numerous tests, as part of the 1975 armament program, the federal parliament approved the purchase of 72 F-5 Tiger IIs in 1976, including 66 of the F-5E type (single-seater) and 6 of the F-5F type (two-seater) for the protection of airspace (formerly called air protection) for 1.17 billion Swiss francs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/einsatzmittel/luft/f5e-tiger.html |title=Northrop F-5E Tiger II |access-date=25 April 2020 |archive-date=10 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810001157/https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/einsatzmittel/luft/f5e-tiger.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The F-5 was chosen because it was easier to maintain than the F-16.<ref name="mcphee19831107">McPhee, John. [http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1983-11-07#folio=054 "La Place de la Concorde Suisse-II."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109094217/http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1983-11-07#folio=054 |date=9 November 2013}} ''The New Yorker'', 7 November 1983, p. 55. Retrieved: 22 July 2013.</ref> A second tranche of 38 Tigers, including six two-seaters (F-5F), were ordered as part of the 1981 armament program for 770 million Swiss francs. The last aircraft in this series rolled off the assembly line at F+W Emmen in 1984.<ref>'''SWISS TIGERS''' by Emiel Snoot</ref>
[[File:F-5E Royal Thai AF at Korat 2000.JPEG|thumb|A Royal Thai Air Force Northrop F-5E Tiger II]]
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*[[Royal Thai Air Force]]: 30 F-5A/B/C and 15 F-5E/F retired. Now operating about 33 F-5E/F/T. The last F-5 fleet, upgraded into F-5TH and F-5THF in 211st Sq. continue to serve until 2025–2030.{{citation needed|reason=Entry needs citing.|date=January 2016}}
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*[[Tunisian Air Force]]: Eight F-5E and four F-5F Tiger II were delivered in 1984–1985.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gwertzman |first=Bernard |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1985-08-27 |title=U.S. AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR TUNISIA AS TENSIONS ON LIBYAN BORDER RISE |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/27/world/us-affirms-support-for-tunisia-as-tensions-on-libyan-border-rise.html?searchResultPosition=1 |access-date=2025-04-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The TAF received five ex-USAF F-5E in 1989.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Eleven F-5Es and 3 F-5Fs were in service as of December 2021.<ref name="waf22p31">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2021|p=31}}</ref>
[[File:3039, AFB Volkel (NL), NF-5A Freedom Fighter, Turkey, Turkish Stars P1010236.jpg|thumb|[[Turkish Stars]] F-5A]]
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*[[Turkish Air Force]]: More than 200 F-5A/Bs and NF-5A/Bs were bought from various countries. 48 of them were upgraded to F-5/2000 standard. They were withdrawn from the active service in 2013. 10 F-5A and two F-5Bs remain active with the [[Turkish Stars]] aerobatic display team.<ref>[http://www.turkyildizlari.tsk.tr/EN/IcerikDetay.aspx?ID=17 "About the NF-5 Aircraft."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127021946/http://www.turkyildizlari.tsk.tr/EN/IcerikDetay.aspx?ID=17 |date=27 November 2015}} ''Turkish Air Force''. Retrieved: 23 December 2014.</ref> The aircraft is planned to be replaced with [[TAI Hürjet|TAI Hurjet]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-06|title=HÜRJET ile ilgili heyecanlandıran gelişme|url=https://www.airnewstimes.com/hurjet-ile-ilgili-heyecanlandiran-gelisme.html |access-date=2021-04-08 |website=Air News Times |language=tr}}</ref>
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*[[Yemeni Air Force]]: inherited [[Yemen Arab Republic|North Yemen]]'s F-5 fleet in 1994. Only half a dozen F-5s were still operational as of the early 2010s.<ref>{{harvnb|Cooper|2018|p=29}}</ref> 11 F-5Es and 2 F-5B two seaters were operational in 2023.<ref>2024 World Air Forces, Flight Global, p.34</ref>