F5 Tiger Top Speed. The airfoil allows a good balance between speed and lift. Answer 1 of 2.
Northrop decided to repeat the feat of the f 5a a second time and offered up a brand new variant the f 5e tiger ii. The f 5 is one of my favorite aircraft and i think one of the best looking fighters ever built. The f 5 tiger ii a single seat twin engined supersonic fighter aircraft was developed by northrop grumman us.
More than 2600 were built by northrop grumman and under co production and licensing agreements with canada the republic of china the republic of korea spain and switzerland.
Faster in top speed by 39 kmh yet slower in climb rate 180 ms for the mig 19 and 1458 ms for the f 5c. A record run is planned for the first half of 2021. 124 knots travel range. It is the upgraded version of the f 5a freedom fighter aircraft developed by northrop grumman in early 1959.