| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 761536 |
| Military Code: | AF-02 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger |
| Aircraft Version: | Northrop F-5N Tiger II |
| C/n (msn): | L1011 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Unit Markings: | VFC-13 |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Fallon - NAS / Van Voorhis FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Nevada, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KNFL IATA: NFL Local: NFL Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 12 August 2015 |
| Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
| Photo ID: | 459588 |
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Former (boring grey) Swiss Air Force F-5E with serial J-3011 was delivered to the US by May 2014. The Tiger was converted to F-5N and started its adversary careeer with the US Marine Corps with VMFT-401 as LS-06. It was transferred to the US Navy late 2006, early 2007 as AF-25 with VFC-13, was recoded AF-16 late 2008 and again recoded AF-02 (as pictured) in late 2009. As AF-02 it received this striking colour scheme (named Banana and the Afghan) in 2015. Early 2021, it returned to the USMC with VMFAT-401 as LS-09, This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 May 2022, and has since been viewed 1179 times. |