Daily Archive for March 9th, 2008

1/48 Wolfpack Design F-5E Tiger II Update set

Kit Info
Manufacturer: Wolfpack Design
Scale: 1/48
Media: Resin
Parts: 10
Price: US$20.00

The Subject
The Northrop F-5E Tiger II is one of the most widely used light supersonic fighter aircraft in the world. First introduced in the 1960s, there are currently hundreds still being fielded by numerous air forces. The Tiger II is an improved second-generation of the F-5 Tiger and is used by American Cold War allies. The U.S armed forces had no need for a frontline light fighter but it operated the Tiger II as part of training and aggressor aircraft in limited quantities.

Many F-5s continue to serve as frontline aircraft into the 190s and 2000s and have undergone a wide variety of upgrade programs to keep pace wit the changing combat environment.

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