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Looks indeed like the F-5C, nicknamed Skoshi Tiger, but basically a version of the basic F-5A Freedom Fighter..... The later F-5E was called Tiger.

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Great find that - and pretty rare footage I would say

 

They are mostly F-5s flown by the South Vietnamese AF (VNAF) - the yellow and black checked fuselage stripe is the give away.

 

AFAIK the F-5C was the USAF designation for the Skoshi project which had an AAR pipe off the port side of the canopy - which I assume were removed before transfer to the VNAF in 1967 - but the designation always seems to be F-5A for the VNAF service.

 

They did have F-5Es and F-5Fs as well - but cant tell if there are any on here - anything with wingtip tanks is an F-5A/C.

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