" THE F-5E TIGER II A CAT FOR DOGFIGHTING " 1977 NORTHROP SUPERSONIC FIGHTER AIRCRAFT PROMO GG10191
Video from the channel PeriscopeFilm about Northrop F-5, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 15:05. Language: English. Video type: Archive footage.
What it shows
Northrop film presenting the F-5E Tiger II as a close-combat fighter. The first half reviews the history of air combat. It starts in World War I, with the synchronizer that allowed firing through the propeller, continues with the Me 262 in 1944 and with Korea as a testing ground for jets. It then explains how strategists bet on interceptors armed only with missiles and how the Southeast Asia war forced a rethink. Out of that came fighter weapons schools and dissimilar air combat training programs, such as Top Gun, where the A-4 played the role of the MiG-17. The second half focuses on the aircraft: leading-edge extensions and maneuvering flaps for tighter turns, smokeless engines, a fire control system with quick selection between missiles and the two 20 mm cannons, and snapshot and tracking firing modes. It ends with a training engagement against F-14s and F-4s, including the radio communications.
When and where it was filmed
According to the title, the manufacturer produced it in 1977. The film does not state where the flight scenes were shot.
Context
The film presents the F-5E as the ideal aggressor aircraft for dissimilar training, because of its size, agility, and resemblance to the MiG-21. It also notes that fatigue testing allowed its service life to be doubled and describes it as the most widely used tactical fighter in the Western world at the time.