UllyB Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 Could someone , who knows, tell me what were the (exact) years between these F-5 types were in Turkish service please ? F-5A ? - ? F-5B ? - ? F-5E ? - ? Thank you in advance! Quote
kurdistan1 Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 as i know Turkey never had any E-type tigers.because in 70-80 he recieved old staff of Nato .as in Phantom -- starfighter and transall or Puma helicopter from Germany and A-B-type tiger from Norway.but probably Emmre Know it better and have more information.... Quote
+Soulfreak Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 (edited) Turkey only had F-5A, RF-5A & F-5B in service, no E! 1st batch of 19 F-5A & 2 F-5B was delivered in mid january 1966 20 RF-5A were delivered in 1969 & 1970 After retirement in the KLU, Turkey gets 44 NF-5A & 16 NF-5B from the Netherlands (from 1989 on). 48 F-5 (20 Northrop F-5A, 8 Northrop F-5B, 14 Canadair NF-5A, 6 Canadair NF-5B) were upgraded between 2001 & 2006 to F-5A 2000 The fighters were forseen to retired from Service in July 2017. But not sure. I guess @sukhoy34 will know it exactly, he´s from Turkey. ;-) Edited April 14, 2021 by Soulfreak 2 1 Quote
Muesli Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 6 hours ago, Soulfreak said: Turkey only had F-5A, RF-5A & F-5B in service, no E! 1st batch of 19 F-5A & 2 F-5B was delivered in mid january 1966 20 RF-5A were delivered in 1969 & 1970 After retirement in the KLU, Turkey gets 44 NF-5A & 16 NF-5B from the Netherlands (from 1989 on). 48 F-5 (20 Northrop F-5A, 8 Northrop F-5B, 14 Canadair NF-5A, 6 Canadair NF-5B) were upgraded between 2001 & 2006 to F-5A 2000 The fighters were forseen to retired from Service in July 2017. But not sure. I guess @sukhoy34 will know it exactly, he´s from Turkey. ;-) What he said! ;-) And as far as I can recall, it is still in service. A Turkish F-5 crashed about a week ago. :-( 1 Quote
UllyB Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 Thank you gentlemen for your precious inputs. 1 Quote
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