@ Santa Maria, CA
October 2018
A pair of F-5 adversary training aircraft were present for the inaugural Central Coast Airfest airshow. Introduced in 1962, the F-5 was in production for 28 years (2,200+ produced) and is still operated by the US Navy. VFC-13 “Saints” made the transition to F-5E Tiger II in April 1996. The unit’s mix of 23 F-5E, F-5F and F-5N aircraft are all painted in a variety of colorful adversary schemes of blue, gray, or brown camouflage, providing adversary training for U.S. Navy and Marine pilots. Northrop manufactured a total of 624 F-5As, including three YF-5A prototypes, before production ended in 1972. Nikon D7100 w/18-200mm.
