Ref: AF48S02
Created: 01/26/2012
NORTHROP F5 - E - MOROCCO & CHILEAN AIR FORCES
Description: The improved second-generation F-5E Tiger II was also primarily used by American Cold War allies and, in limited quantities, served in US military aviation as a training and aggressor aircraft; Tiger II production amounted to 1,400 of all versions, with production ending in 1987. Many F-5s continuing in service into the 1990s and 2000s have undergone a wide variety of upgrade programs to keep pace with the changing combat environment. Here, under Morocco and Chile service.
Description: In order to meet the needs of increasingly pressing for an Air Force awaiting modern material, a new version of ground attack aircraft Breguet 693 was studied in order to receive American engines Pratt & Whitney Twin SB4G Twasp of 825 hp. Fifteen of these planes, designated Breguet 695, were ordered in July 1939. After this pre-production, a new order was made after the declaration of war. The company Breguet proved again particularly fast and organized: the first Breguet 695 flew in March 1940. From April, the first group received these palnes, slightly less efficient than the French motorized versions, but still having the benefit of additional units which constitute the French Air Force was in dire need to the time.