RARE! US Navy F-5 Tiger II Demo - NAS Key West Airshow 2023

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  • čas přidán 20. 04. 2023
  • Pilots from VFC-111 "Sundowners" perform a special airpower demonstration using five beautiful F-5N Tiger IIs during the Friday airshow at the NAS Key West Southernmost Air Spectacular. VFC-111 serves as adversaries/aggressors, a dedicated "bad guy" force that mimics enemy techniques in order to train US Navy pilots.
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  • @AirshowStuffVideos
    @AirshowStuffVideos  Před rokem +11

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    • @ditzydoo4378
      @ditzydoo4378 Před rokem

      Hey! I know a MIG-28 when I see one Maverick... >~

  • @daveblevins3322
    @daveblevins3322 Před rokem +43

    F-5 Tigers are probably the most beautifully designed, aerodynamic aircraft ever built.

    • @guaporeturns9472
      @guaporeturns9472 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Couldn’t agree more.

    • @rubenomarbueno1134
      @rubenomarbueno1134 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Lástima que no se llevo a producción su sustituto el F-20
      TIGRE TIBURÓN DE MACH 2 😢

  • @Hardballleather
    @Hardballleather Před rokem +63

    F-5 body lines are so perfect

  • @jockstrapp21
    @jockstrapp21 Před rokem +64

    Those jets are still going after nearly 60 years. .excellent aircraft testament to a simple, easy to maintain design that has stood the test of time

    • @uats12
      @uats12 Před rokem +5

      The mexican air force have
      .
      F-5E Tiger ll

    • @GarrusVA
      @GarrusVA Před 7 měsíci +2

      MiG-21: Am I a joke to you ?!

    • @rulingmoss5599
      @rulingmoss5599 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@GarrusVAYes, yes you are.

    • @DeathDealer1825
      @DeathDealer1825 Před 3 měsíci +2

      ​@@rulingmoss5599wrong

  • @jordansamson6071
    @jordansamson6071 Před rokem +66

    "Holy sh*t, there's two of 'em!"

  • @matiasreyes3363
    @matiasreyes3363 Před rokem +36

    The F-5 is a beautiful beast, in Chile 🇨🇱 we still have the F-5 operating, and they have updated them for many years, now they are called F-5 Tiger III

  • @WonderfulAircraft
    @WonderfulAircraft Před rokem +21

    Evertime I see the F-5 it just looks like way too much fun to fly. It's such a tiny little sports car of a fighter jet, the pilots who fly it must have a blast.

  • @magoid
    @magoid Před rokem +98

    Wow, I didn't knew the USN had a squadron of MiG-28s. I had only seem them in video on a 1980's documentary.

  • @77knez
    @77knez Před rokem +35

    My uncle was a crew chief on F-4's in Vietnam and worked on several different aircraft including the F-5. He said that the inside of the wings on these is a honeycomb design. He said you had to be careful while working around the wings because they were so small and fragile. I guess it's all about weight saving when you have small engines like these do. Still, they are awesome little fighters and they look great with the camo paint schemes.

  • @seung-jinhong8399
    @seung-jinhong8399 Před rokem +23

    The F-5 is an old fighter indeed. The ROK Air Force still uses this one in active duty, so it's a very familiar aircraft to Koreans. It's great to see the F-5 in dynamic maneuvers.

    • @thesovietvorona1007
      @thesovietvorona1007 Před rokem +2

      Almost wanna send Kai my design of a modernized f-5 that’s basically a way updated and upgraded F-20.

  • @thunderamu9543
    @thunderamu9543 Před rokem +35

    This video made my day! I worked on all of the Mig and Baron F-5E/Fs up until the day we gold plated them and sent them out of Nellis in the late 80s. These jets are absolutely immaculate and the Gomers flying them are razor sharp! I haven't seen Tiger aggressors fly since 1989. These birds looked and sounded great! The Gomer diamond looks as good as the Blues'!

    • @Dragnoxz
      @Dragnoxz Před rokem +2

      Yea, the F-5 aggressor units chill at the Keys lol.

    • @enricomandragona163
      @enricomandragona163 Před rokem +3

      Nothing like the sound of Turbo jet engines

    • @jockstrapp21
      @jockstrapp21 Před 7 měsíci

      I had an Airfix 1:72 scale F5-E that was an Aggressor. easy to build, probably like at the Northrop factory as well , in the Snake paint scheme . Lovely

    • @thunderamu9543
      @thunderamu9543 Před 7 měsíci

      Have two of those kits!@@jockstrapp21

  • @pawpawstew
    @pawpawstew Před rokem +10

    After all of these years, the F-5 is still a hot rod!

  • @argantoa
    @argantoa Před rokem +26

    Beautiful, sleek, and simple. One of my all time favorite aircraft. Thanks for the video and the good camera work. I'm glad to see these planes still flying and doing some high performance maneuvering.

  • @taxizztop6052
    @taxizztop6052 Před rokem +11

    Excellent aircraft F-5 Tiger II, even after so many years it looks very modern.

  • @kimchi2780
    @kimchi2780 Před rokem +15

    Love the Tiger 2's so much. The Tornado, Corsair II, and Tiger II's were all posters on my wall as a kid (next to Kristi Yamaguchi and Sara Michelle Gellar of course!)

  • @noahsplanespotting6405
    @noahsplanespotting6405 Před rokem +22

    What a beautiful performance! Was even better in real life!

  • @jeffissimo1221
    @jeffissimo1221 Před rokem +7

    A few years ago, VFC-111 visited JRB NAS New Orleans for an airshow and they played the aggressor role in opposition to a flight of F-18s. It was an entertaining demonstration to say the least.

  • @michaelharper3629
    @michaelharper3629 Před rokem +5

    My first job out of high school was working on the F5 assembly line in hawthorne California putting the center fuselage halfs together. Very cool airplane.

    • @TypeZero31
      @TypeZero31 Před rokem +2

      I literally live a few blocks away. There used to be a YF-23 and an F-20 back in the day there as well.

  • @haraldweidemann225
    @haraldweidemann225 Před rokem +4

    Amazing Show ! Oldies but Goldies !!! 👍

  • @chrishackett554
    @chrishackett554 Před rokem +17

    We were there. Outstanding air show with something always flying. The F5 airframe is so prolific. As a kid if you drew what you think an Air Force fighter should look like it probably came close to the F5 profile.

  • @user-144thFighterWing
    @user-144thFighterWing Před rokem +2

    I'm proud to work on these F-5s engine components from VFC-13 NAS Fallon Nevada, VFC-111 NAS Key West Florida, and VMFT-401 MCAS Yuma Arizona. Keep flying to keep me busy at work 😂.

  • @pf6797
    @pf6797 Před rokem +9

    MiG-28’s! No ones been this close before

  • @donaldelfreth553
    @donaldelfreth553 Před rokem +3

    I remember well the USAFE F-5s assigned to the aggressor squadron at RAF Alconbury in the late 70s. Love those planes.

  • @EAFSQ9
    @EAFSQ9 Před 5 měsíci +2

    The F-5 Tiger is one of the most underrated aircraft ever designed and manufactured.

    • @user-xi1fm8gz6s
      @user-xi1fm8gz6s Před 2 měsíci

      One of those jets that looks like it is going Mach 5, while sitting on the ground!

  • @Duvstep910
    @Duvstep910 Před rokem +10

    took me years to realize the T-38 is just a 2 seat version of the F-5 Tiger; pretty awesome fighter

    • @nicholasgifford23
      @nicholasgifford23 Před rokem +4

      Well kinda. The twin seat F-5 is quite different from the T-38, although they look pretty similar

    • @Chug_z
      @Chug_z Před rokem +1

      I think the T-38 is a trainer and the F-5 is a combat variant

    • @Rogue-7.62
      @Rogue-7.62 Před rokem +3

      Very, very different aircraft. You have too see them side by side and it really shows just how different. The F 5 is actually bigger for one, the wing design is also different.

    • @evangalinsky2499
      @evangalinsky2499 Před rokem +5

      No
      The T-38 is essentially the prototype for the F-5. The F-5 is vastly different, no matter how close they look on the outside, they're still different there too, and the insides are completely foreign to one another. Not even close.
      Especially since these are F-5E's (actually N/M's, modernized E's used as aggressor aircraft), but even the F-5A is dramatically different.

    • @evangalinsky2499
      @evangalinsky2499 Před rokem +2

      ​@@Rogue-7.62 the whole nose section is also completely different. Especially on these (E/N/M models), but still so on the A and C models as well, even without a radar.

  • @_baller
    @_baller Před 6 měsíci +2

    This jet makes the coolest air sounds

  • @Astro1derboy
    @Astro1derboy Před rokem +11

    Love the T-38/F-5/F-20 family!!! 😎👍🏻

  • @juangonzales7665
    @juangonzales7665 Před rokem +3

    this beautys are still in service here in Brazil!

  • @fifteenbyfive
    @fifteenbyfive Před rokem +7

    It's been said that the F-20 was the best fighter jet ever cancelled. Chuck Yeager loved it, that's enough for me to make up my mind. Watching these Tigers fly around I can see some F-105 in their fuselage, I can see some F-104 in their wings. Love the Soviet camo'd Tigershark Aggressor specimen, so cool. Please let me upscale this airframe by 10%, replace the engines and give it 15-20% more wing and I think I'll have an aircraft that we could sell today.

    • @evangalinsky2499
      @evangalinsky2499 Před rokem +1

      The changes you suggested are basically what the F-20 was lmao, and if you change it much more, you end up with an F-16 or F-18, since both of those took heavy influence from the F-5's.

    • @fifteenbyfive
      @fifteenbyfive Před rokem +1

      @@evangalinsky2499 The F-20 could still be sold today not sure what's so funny about that? For a lot of countries it's having almost no air force and having some F-20s. It wasn't sold. It wasn't sold because it wasn't manufactured. It'd be easy to sell it. You wouldn't buy it. You'd waste money you don't have on a plane you don't need.

    • @evangalinsky2499
      @evangalinsky2499 Před rokem +1

      @@fifteenbyfive I never said it couldn't. I'm literally just pointing out the aircraft you described if allowed access to everything needed to modify the plane, is literally just the F-20.
      I didn't think my comment was that complicated.

    • @fifteenbyfive
      @fifteenbyfive Před rokem

      @@evangalinsky2499 Bah. It would wax the F-20 99 out of 100 times and in short order for the avionics differences alone.

  • @stephenbrown1077
    @stephenbrown1077 Před rokem +7

    Rare treat indeed, thankyou for sharing 😀 👍

  • @MartyBecker
    @MartyBecker Před rokem +11

    “MiG-28s. No one's been this close before.” 😂

  • @mrrolandlawrence
    @mrrolandlawrence Před rokem +4

    tigers. my favourite military jet of all time.

  • @gooniac33
    @gooniac33 Před rokem +2

    LOVE THIS!!!! I get to see F-5s regularly flying over my place as they RTB from training flights but never get to see them like this!! Gotta love it and wanna see more of this!!

  • @johnosbourn4312
    @johnosbourn4312 Před rokem +5

    This is an awesome video! Now one of those F-5s is painted in a Tri-Color Scheme from mid '44, representing an F6F-3 Hellcat from that time, and that scheme was rolled out for the Centennial Of Naval Aviation, eleven years, ago.

  • @valianttmt8044
    @valianttmt8044 Před 2 měsíci +1

    The F-5E is still a superb fighter. I'm not surprised the Navy's upgrading their Tigers for the Aggressor Squadron and the fact they bought 44 retired Swiss F-5s says a lot. It's too bad new, more powerful and economical turbofan engines aren't in the works for this fantastic aircraft. Damn, this fighter is so beautiful.

  • @eddies987
    @eddies987 Před rokem +1

    That is really cool. Showing my age but I got to see an F-20 Tigershark fly asa kid and walk up to is and sit in the cockpit! Fun stuff

  • @TheKusa5
    @TheKusa5 Před rokem +3

    Love to see a Tiger demo! especially by the Sundowners!

  • @flavioc5389
    @flavioc5389 Před rokem +3

    I love the F-5, it's such as sleek, beautiful plane!!!

  • @29madmangaud29
    @29madmangaud29 Před rokem +2

    I work on these just in MCAS Yuma, VMFT-401 , the F-5 is a WONDERFUL Airplane. It's powerful, fast, very small profile for the bad guys to see. It's inexpensive (compared to modern a/c). It can TURN GREAT! It's a fantastic aircraft for what we're using it for. It should/SHALL be used in this way for many more YEARS! I've been here in 401 for nearly 36 yrs.

  • @SHINR__
    @SHINR__ Před rokem +3

    About to see this tomorrow at Dyess!

  • @michaelg.9791
    @michaelg.9791 Před rokem +2

    Screw the the Billion dollar shiny JUNKS, I LOVE these simple but EFFECTIVE Birds of GOATS !
    Northrop should mass produce them with latest Gadgets & I bet they'll kick some azz still . 🤘

  • @swfcpilot
    @swfcpilot Před rokem +2

    The roll rate is fantastic.

  • @MichaelVanHeemst
    @MichaelVanHeemst Před rokem +3

    My favorite fighter

  • @jgonzalesm6
    @jgonzalesm6 Před rokem +4

    Aggressor squadron from Top Gun. Sundowners easily recognizable.

    • @AA-xo9uw
      @AA-xo9uw Před rokem +1

      TOP GUN: Behind the Scenes with the REAL TOPGUN Instructors - F-5/MiG-28 Group (1/2)
      czcams.com/video/_7DRcFhIYFA/video.html
      "Because I was Inverted" : Behind the Scenes with the REAL TOPGUN Instructors - F-5 Group (2/2)
      czcams.com/video/owlEB7mHkdg/video.html

    • @thomas15082
      @thomas15082 Před rokem

      F-5s bought back from Switzerland. 😊

  • @oldfriend327
    @oldfriend327 Před rokem +1

    Thank you so much for this.

  • @rogersjolly1
    @rogersjolly1 Před rokem

    Nice! I saw VFC-111 about 10 years ago at NAS Meridian. Beautiful aircraft.

  • @Midwest.photographer
    @Midwest.photographer Před rokem +2

    I will be seeing the F-5 at the columbus air show this year!!! SUPER exited to watch them!!

    • @CMH-aviation
      @CMH-aviation Před rokem

      I will be at the Saturday show. I dont remember seeing about the F5 and i get insider info guess i need to pay more attention LOL

  • @aigodlord
    @aigodlord Před rokem +2

    Now THAT is showing off the home team!

  • @PhD777
    @PhD777 Před rokem

    Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!

  • @JerrysJets
    @JerrysJets Před rokem +2

    They look so sleek. Cool video!

  • @Minutemman
    @Minutemman Před rokem +9

    I would love to see this in real life, looked like one hell of a show!

    • @chrishackett554
      @chrishackett554 Před rokem +2

      We were there. From 1000 to 1430 when the Blue Angels took off, there was always something flying including this adversary squadron and an F35 and F16 demo along with several piston engine demo teams. Static displays were more spartan but still an amazing show.

    • @Minutemman
      @Minutemman Před rokem

      @@chrishackett554 sounds like it!

  • @agpereirav
    @agpereirav Před rokem

    Outstanding video form one of my favorite aircrafts!

  • @travellingwithbrandon

    So cool, was fortunate enough to be there to shoot Saturday's demo, hopefully they'll be back soon enough

  • @delten-eleven1910
    @delten-eleven1910 Před rokem +1

    I remember when USAF had the F-5s as Agressors, I saw them at Nellis in the '80s

  • @AnDrEw122100
    @AnDrEw122100 Před 3 měsíci

    One my favourite old machines , these things are beautiful .

  • @-2772-
    @-2772- Před rokem +2

    I*m flying a tiger....rc model....one of my best flying planes

  • @pointnozzleaway
    @pointnozzleaway Před rokem

    Awesome stuff !!!👍👍

  • @nigel900
    @nigel900 Před rokem

    Beautiful! 👍🏻

  • @Mexicoaeroespacial
    @Mexicoaeroespacial Před rokem

    Great video¡

  • @cvillalobos27
    @cvillalobos27 Před rokem +1

    Beautiful demo. The second coolest F5s in the world

  • @tisyo0705
    @tisyo0705 Před rokem +1

    Sick!

  • @ColonelJohnmatrix1000
    @ColonelJohnmatrix1000 Před 6 měsíci

    Excellent aircraft. The fact it’s still flying is incredible.

  • @melvyncox3361
    @melvyncox3361 Před 9 měsíci

    Awesome.What a pretty little jet.Even better when there's four of them👍❤️😃!

  • @marcgatto9675
    @marcgatto9675 Před rokem

    Them things look the business! Love em. In Canada they called em Lawn Darts. Fast AF and kinda dangerous. Thanks man❤

  • @spencerhughes2255
    @spencerhughes2255 Před rokem +1

    Nice video. Definitely something you don't see everyday..

  • @nelsonbrandt7847
    @nelsonbrandt7847 Před rokem

    Great performance VFC-111 Sundowners

  • @IronMan-ds5bi
    @IronMan-ds5bi Před rokem +2

    WHOA!

  • @alantoon5708
    @alantoon5708 Před rokem

    What a SUPERB demonstration.

  • @jeffreykelley8598
    @jeffreykelley8598 Před rokem +1

    Sundowners flew F4's in Vietnam, and later F14's before their retirement. Check out old clips .... They were some beautifully painted Fighters .

  • @Sam-rf8yh
    @Sam-rf8yh Před 3 měsíci

    Such a beautiful aircraft.

  • @megatop412
    @megatop412 Před rokem

    Man they need to bring that display up to McGuire in NJ, I need to see me some F-5's. Great video

  • @larrymansfield9393
    @larrymansfield9393 Před 4 měsíci

    Such a beautiful plane

  • @skywarp1
    @skywarp1 Před rokem

    Those nimble little bad ass fighters

  • @michaelnewman2133
    @michaelnewman2133 Před rokem

    I know NAS KEY WEST well. As an Air Traffic Controller I was stationed there from 76 to 80.

  • @mkii1964
    @mkii1964 Před rokem +1

    Wow!!!! 👏🏼👏🏼

  • @ercanyesiltas
    @ercanyesiltas Před rokem +1

    If you like the look of f5s, you should look for Turkish Stars displays. You will be surprised seeing what these can do

  • @josewilderpatinoalzate5135

    Gracias Geniales imágenes 💪👏💯🎉🎉🎉🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

  • @albertusdrostable
    @albertusdrostable Před rokem

    Great stuff! This must be the prettiest plane in use today!

  • @arjunbala6265
    @arjunbala6265 Před 20 dny

    F -5 Is The Most Beautiful Fighters Jet Ever Design And Built👍👍

  • @alexlo7708
    @alexlo7708 Před rokem +2

    Of all the F5 air shows, Swiss F5 do the best.

  • @joeshmoe9978
    @joeshmoe9978 Před rokem +8

    Love the F-5 👍.
    It's too bad that the F-20 derivative didn't do better.

    • @enricomandragona163
      @enricomandragona163 Před rokem +3

      The Air force in the 80s turned their noses on it!! Even for export.

    • @thesovietvorona1007
      @thesovietvorona1007 Před rokem +1

      @@enricomandragona163politics suck even Chuck Yeager said it was better than the F-16 they were promoting.

    • @enricomandragona163
      @enricomandragona163 Před rokem

      @@thesovietvorona1007 I know

  • @plombeurjdf4360
    @plombeurjdf4360 Před rokem +2

    ❤ f5 tiger ❤

  • @lorenamedina5509
    @lorenamedina5509 Před rokem +3

    Hermoso avion

  • @David-mu5vb
    @David-mu5vb Před rokem

    Belle Machine ! ❤

  • @franciscochavez6806
    @franciscochavez6806 Před rokem

    F-5 still kicking butt

  • @mandyfox9376
    @mandyfox9376 Před rokem

    VFC 111 Sundowners ❤

  • @UraniusGuitar
    @UraniusGuitar Před rokem

    What incredible machines and how they have aged very well over the years in my country, Chile, are still operational under the Tigre III model. This version is unique in the world, if I'm not mistaken, an impressive plane.

  • @GR3Y_H4WK
    @GR3Y_H4WK Před rokem

    F5 Tiger II has the best high-speed flyby noise, change my mind.

  • @QMore-fp7wn
    @QMore-fp7wn Před rokem

    Love that splinter camo scheme.

  • @whatsreal7506
    @whatsreal7506 Před rokem

    The scochie (sp?) Tiger... Lack of respect but in the hands of a good pilot, a beast

  • @thomasgoodwin2648
    @thomasgoodwin2648 Před rokem +1

    CV FU(x) Corsair still #1. But honestly, Wouldn't want to bet my afterlife between these. F-18... F5II... oh GOD please don't make me choose! Soo beautiful...

  • @feetfirstintohell6930
    @feetfirstintohell6930 Před 7 měsíci

    One of the sexiest airframes ever built!

  • @JohnSmith-rq8hw
    @JohnSmith-rq8hw Před rokem +1

    MiG-28’s! No one’s been this close before!

  • @devilpen6565
    @devilpen6565 Před rokem +1

    There is an F5 fighter plane with tiger pattern painting, very beautiful, at the Taiwan Air Force military base

  • @DC_10
    @DC_10 Před 8 měsíci

    6:29
    Maverick: Talk to me, Goose.
    Goose: Roger. I got them. Contact...

  • @custodianfile
    @custodianfile Před rokem

    nice

  • @kimchi2780
    @kimchi2780 Před rokem +1

    Nobodies ever been this close!!!

  • @waffleeater223
    @waffleeater223 Před 8 měsíci

    0:51 the F35 was like "dont forget about me!"

  • @EnsignFuntimes
    @EnsignFuntimes Před 7 měsíci

    These jets are incredibly small in comparison to its contemporaries and I still love it the most out of everything flying. Still such a classic design

  • @whiskeytango1744
    @whiskeytango1744 Před 7 měsíci

    These jets are still as deadly in the skies with some Air Forces. The Thais have updated theirs to almost 4.5 gen versions. They might be an old design but they still have much good service life left.