1/72 F-5N Tiger II 761572 VMFT-401 US Marines Yuma 2018The Northrop F 5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable, supersonic fighter with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F 5 first flew on July 30, 1959 with the first customer delivery in 1964. The last of more than 2,600 F 5s was produced in 1989 and about two thirds of these are still in service with 26 countries more than 4 decades later. The F 5 was manufactured by Northrop Grumman and under license in Canada,