flyingdragons75 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 These F-5A's carry late war letter code, squadron unknown. They still keep IIAF desert camo and USAF BMF paint jobs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragan_mig31 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Great work.Especialy on the camoed one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBP1538 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Wow, those are some good looking F-5s... nice work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bravosierra001 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Those look awesome!!! Beautiful job on the camo! Brandon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Very nice. Did you have a source for those very late VNAF tail codes for the different squadrons? These specific odd colored jets were part of an attempt to build up the numbers of aircraft in the VNAF before the 1973 armistice took hold. So several aircraft from Iran, Korea and other stocks were "leased" to the VNAF and the plan was to gradually trade them in for new build F-5Es. This was because after a certain date, the US wouldn't be allowed to just send new aircraft in unless it was to replace one that was lost or to replace an older jet. I have a Kinetic jet I am doing up in VNAF colors, although it is temporarily on hold until I get a new canopy for it. I'm going with the alternative SEA camo scheme that I've seen on some of the jets, which I believe are earlier aircraft sent through depot level maintenance. I like having a little variety in my paintjobs. Edited July 25, 2016 by Jay Chladek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flyingdragons75 Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Very nice. Did you have a source for those very late VNAF tail codes for the different squadrons? These specific odd colored jets were part of an attempt to build up the numbers of aircraft in the VNAF before the 1973 armistice took hold. So several aircraft from Iran, Korea and other stocks were "leased" to the VNAF and the plan was to gradually trade them in for new build F-5Es. This was because after a certain date, the US wouldn't be allowed to just send new aircraft in unless it was to replace one that was lost or to replace an older jet. I have a Kinetic jet I am doing up in VNAF colors, although it is temporarily on hold until I get a new canopy for it. I'm going with the alternative SEA camo scheme that I've seen on some of the jets, which I believe are earlier aircraft sent through depot level maintenance. I like having a little variety in my paintjobs. Thanx for liking, guys! Jay, Unfortunately, there's no record or source for that. I talked to many ex VNAF F-5 pilots but they have no clue. The reason for that is simple, pilots shared planes within the squadrons. They went on missions, came back and tried to live another day so they didn't really pay attention to the airplanes letter code or serial number, etc.... Some said the above belonged to 542nd FS, some said 522nd... so we may never know the truth, who's wrong and who's right Regards, Fabian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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