Such a nice airfield with good photo spots.

A F-5F of the 425th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (TFTS) based at Williams AFB (AZ). The Tiger II carries the LA-tailcode as the squadron was under command of the 405th Tactical Training Wing (TTW) of nearby Luke AFB. But, as that base faced shortage on ramp space, the unit was moved to Williams. The 425th was disbanded in Sep'89, and most of their F-5E/Fs were sold to Brazil (this one became FAB 4808). Late 1992, the squadron was reactivated and now trains Singapore air force pilots with F-16C/Ds. This F-5F was the first to be converted to F-5FM in the Brazil F-5BR modification programme

A F-5F of the 425th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (TFTS) based at Williams AFB (AZ). The Tiger II carries the LA-tailcode as the squadron was under command of the 405th Tactical Training Wing (TTW) of nearby Luke AFB. But, as that base faced shortage on ramp space, the unit was moved to Williams. The 425th was disbanded in September 1989, and most of their F-5E/Fs were sold to Brazil (this one became FAB 4806). Late 1992, the squadron was reactivated and now trains Singapore air force pilots with F-16C/Ds. This F-5F was damaged at Santa Cruz (Brazil) on 5 July 2016 and was withdrawn

A USAF F-5F of the 425th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (TFTS) based at Williams AFB (AZ). The long nose dual seat Tiger II carries the LA-tailcode as the squadron was under command of the 405th Tactical Training Wing (TTW) of nearby Luke AFB. But, as that base faced shortage on ramp space, the unit was moved to Williams. The 425th was disbanded in September 1989, and most of their F-5E/Fs were sold to Brazil (this one became FAB 4809). Late 1992, the squadron was reactivated and now trains Singapore air force pilots with F-16C/Ds. IN FAB service 4806 was written off on 1 November 1996.

F-5F with Tactical Air completing it's afternoon sortie

FMS serial 83-0128

FMS serial 83-0115

FMS serial 83-0124

A deviating construction number for a RoCAF F-5F, as most number start with VF and VH. This is caused by the fact that this Tiger II was intented for delivery to the Paraguay Air Force around 1997. Eighteen aircraft were on the production lines, but the deal eventually was cancelled. This is FMS serial 77-0341. The aircraft was withdrawn from use in October 2014, a month after this picture was taken.

FSM serial 83117. This F-5F should be coded 30117 but this was not seen on its tail. The Tiger II was withdrawn from use in mid-2013.

FSM serial 79-1726, this Tiger II was withdrawn from use in early 2015. It was cool to photograph that close to the runway during a marvelous visit to the air base.

FMS serial 79-1725

FMS serial 80-0296 seen while taxying to the runway. The aircraft was damaged on 28 August 2006 when it experienced a belly landing at Taitung after its landing gear failed to deploy. The pilots were able to safe the aircraft and the long nose was repaired by the Taiwanese aviation industry.

This is F-5F 160966 of VFA-127 "Cyclons" was pictured at the ramp homebase NAS Fallon (NV) The adversary squadron was disestablished on 23 March 1996 and most F-5s were transferred to VFC-13. BuNo 160966 is former US Air Force serial 75-0755. By 2005, the forward fuselage of this 160966 was probably used to create Franken F-5F BuNo 761580 (which is in its turn former Swiss AF J-3055). The rear part and wings of 160966 were most probably scrapped.