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KLu_NF-5(0005) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

KLu_NF-5(0009) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

KLu_NF-5(0008) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

KLu_NF-5(0004) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

KLu_NF-5(0011) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

KLu_NF-5(0001) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

KLu_NF-5(0002) by JanKees Blom, on Flickr

Nice shots, and liveries!
Always wondered if the F-5 really needed that enormous snout?
A PinPic with a Mirage nose would probably work...

Good job JK
As Charl said , why is that nose so long.
I'll see what I can do Charl ......Great shots JK.

Years ago in college, I had chat with air force pilots visiting the campus for recruiting purpose. I asked them why was USAF spending so much money on dirt cheap F-5s when they could have bought more F-16s and F-15s which offered far better performance than F-5s.

They said that USAF spent $$$ buying F-5s with moderate performance at dirt cheap price for the sole purpose of dealing with numerical superiority of MIG-19s and MIG-21s because USAF prefers to concentrate higher performing F-16s and F-15s on new generation of Soviet MIGs such as MIG-23s and so on instead of wasting F-16s' and F-15s' time on dealing with MIG-19s and MIG-21s.

Regards,

Aharon