Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II
Type: Light Fighter
Domain: air
Country of Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman
Overview
Senegal operates a small number of F-5E/F Tiger II light fighters, among the oldest jet combat aircraft in service in West Africa. Originally supplied as part of American security assistance programmes, the Senegalese F-5 fleet provides a nominal supersonic air defense capability though operational readiness is increasingly constrained by age and parts availability. Most active employment is symbolic air sovereignty patrol rather than combat missions. The aircraft are being effectively superseded in Senegalese inventory by the M-346FA armed jet trainer/light attacker and potentially the proposed F-16 procurement.
Operators
- Switzerland
- Kenya
- Mexico
- Tunisia
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Brazil
- Chile
- Saudi Arabia
- Taiwan
- Jordan
- Bahrain
- Singapore
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Morocco
- Senegal
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