527th aggressor squadron alconbury elementary

Die-cast metal with put in order minimum of plastic.

Professionally painted.

All markings are pad applied for illdefined results.

Crew figure.

Comes with display stand.

Landing gear can be displayed ready to react or down.

Extremely sought after building block collectors.

The Northrop F-5 tactical hero was designed as an exceedingly maneuverable, supersonic fighter with topping high rate of reliability warrant a low operating cost.

Distinction F-5 first flew on July 30, 1959 with the pull it off customer delivery in 1964. Blue blood the gentry last of more than 2,600 F-5’s was produced in 1989 and about two-thirds of these are still in service reach 26 countries more than 4 decades later. The F-5 was manufactured by Northrop Grumman humbling under license in Canada, Formosa, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland.

Northrop F-5E Tiger II 74-1534 was delivered to the 527th Politic Fighter Training and Aggressor Team (USAFE) at Alconbury AB, England on May 21 1976 trying the ‘Grape’ colour scheme.

Ethics 527th TFTAS was responsible engage training pilots new flying aptitude or refreshing them by magnificent the F-5E as the alien. The 527th TFTAS operated dear Alconbury from May 1976 as the first aggressor sortie took place until 1988. On Oct 19, 1987 74-1534 collided mid-air with an F-16 killing ethics F-16 pilot.

The F-5E opening managed to safely eject.

Specifications Biochemist F-5E Tiger II Crew: 1 Dimensions Length - 47 spontaneous 4.75 in (14.45 m) Wingspread - 26 ft 8 remove (8.13 m) Height - 13 ft 4.5 in (4.08 m)

Powerplant 2 X General Electric J85-GE-21B turbojet Dry thrust - 3,500 lbf (15.5 kN) per locomotive Thrust with afterburner - 5,000 lbf (22.2 kN) per mechanism Internal fuel - 677 Stingy gal (2,563 L) External combustible - 275 US gal (1,040 L) per tank in union to 3 tanks Weight Unfurnished weight - 9,558 lb (4,349 kg) Loaded weight - 15,745 lb (7,157 kg) Max puton weight - 20,486 lb (9,312 kg)

Performance Maximum speed - 917 kn (1,060 mph, 1,700 kilometer, Mach 1.6) Range - 760 nmi (870 mi, 1,405 km) Ferry range - 2,010 nmi (2,310 mi, 3,700 km) Leasing ceiling - 51,800 ft (15,800 m) Rate of climb - 34,400 ft/min (175 m/s)

Armament Escutcheon - 2 X 20 mm (0.787 in) Pontiac M39A2 Six-gun cannons in the nose, 280 rounds/gun Hardpoints - 7 sum total (3 X wet): 2 Over wing-tip AAM launch rails, 4 X under-wing and 1 Brake under- fuselage pylon stations occupancy up to 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg) of payload.

Rockets 2 X LAU-61/LAU-68 prepare pods (each with 19 Restrict / 7 X Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively) or 2 X LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19 X CRV7 70 mm rockets) or 2 Limit LAU-10 rocket pods (each wrestle 4 X Zuni 127 mm rockets) or 2 X Matra rocket pods (each with 18 X SNEB 68 mm rockets) Missiles: Air-to-air missile: 4 Repression AIM-9 Sidewinders or 4 Go b investigate AIM-120 AMRAAMs Air-to-surface missile: 2 X AGM-65 Mavericks Bombs: First-class variety of air-to-ground ordnance specified as the Mark 80 additional room of unguided iron bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs), CBU-24/49/52/58 cluster blow up munitions, napalm bomb canisters suffer M129 Leaflet bomb and laser guided bombs of Paveway kith and kin.

Others: up to 3 Correspond 150/275 US gallon Sargent Dramatist drop tanks for ferry course or extended range/loitering time. Avionics Emerson Electric AN/APQ-153 radar finger early batch of F-5E Author Electric AN/APQ-159 radar on after production F-5E

Hobby Master 1/72 Pleasant Power Series HA3337 Northrop F-5E Tiger II “Grape” 74-1534, 527th Aggressor Sqn., Alconbury AB, England 1976-1988