Russian F-5E Tiger II

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 04/01/2014 at 16:17 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Here's some interesting footage of the Russians testing a captured Northrop F-5E Tiger II. The Russians obtained this plane, as well as a Cessna A-37 Dragonfly and other planes, when the North Vietnamese took Bien Hoa Airbase and turned their prizes over to the Russians.

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This F-5 was flew by several Soviet test pilots, such as Vladimir Kandaurov, Alexander Bezhevets and Nikolay Stogov, who conducted several engagements as bandit against the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , the aircraft which the Tiger II personified in the US exercises: according to Soviet pilots, the F-5 demonstrated to be able to outmaneuver the Fishbed most of the times, and the results of these test brought to the MiG-23 Flogger development.

The article goes on to discuss the role of the F-5E as an aggressor for US fighter pilot training, and how it was so well suited to the role.

f86sabre > ttyymmnn 04/01/2014 at 17:13

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Very cool. I've wondered about the Soviets flying US aIrCraft