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AIR POWER SERIES - JET POWERED

MODEL NO. HA3325

1/72 SCALE

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NORTHROP F-5E TIGER II

" 730855 "

VMFT-401 "SNIPERS"

US MARINE CORPS

JUNE 2006

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The Northrop F-5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable, supersonic fighter
with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F-5 first flew on July 30, 1959 with the
first customer delivery in 1964. The last of more than 2,600 F-5’s was produced in 1989 and
about two-thirds of these are still in service with 26 countries more than 4 decades later. The F-5
was manufactured by Northrop Grumman and under license in Canada, Taiwan, South Korea,
Spain and Switzerland.


This Northrop F-5E Tiger II was provided to the South Vietnam Air Force and was returned
to the USN as 730855 C/N R-1036. In April 1989 the aircraft became the property of
VMFT-401 “Snipers” Adversary Squadron at Yuma, Arizona as Adversary 01. Marine
Fighter Training Squadron 401 (VMFT-401 “Snipers”) was activated in March 1986 at
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and is the USMC’s only adversary squadron. In
2006 F-5E 730855 was sent to VFC-13 “Fighting Saints” and in 2012 retired to AMARC.

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BRAND NEW 1/72 SCALE MODEL

MINT MODEL IN A MINT CONDITION BOX

1/72 scale pre-finished.

Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.

Professionally painted.

All markings are pad applied for superb results.

Crew figure.

Comes with display stand.

Landing gear can be displayed up or down.

Extremely sought after by collectors.