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What Are Chile’s F-5 Tiger III Jets Like and Why Do They Remain Key?

Jona Military TV · January 20, 2025 · 4:50 · Spanish · Documentary

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Video from the channel Jona Military TV about Northrop F-5, linked on its Above Ten Thousand entry. Duration: 4:50. Language: Spanish. Video type: Documentary.

Review of the Northrop F-5 in the Chilean Air Force (FACh) and its modernization.

Chile received its first four F-5s on 26 July 1976, out of a total of 15 single-seaters and three two-seaters that arrived at Cerro Moreno air base, in Antofagasta, and were assigned to Aviation Group No. 12. It was the FACh's first supersonic fighter.

In the 1990s, Elbit Systems and ENAER added the Elta EL/M-2032 radar, an in-flight refueling probe, Python 4 and Derby missiles and DASH helmets. The video highlights the aircraft's twin engines and low cost in the southern region and argues that it needs replacing.

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