NAVAIR completes Swiss aircraft buy
NAVAIR's Support and Commercial Derivative Aircraft Support Office Adversary Team recently completed a six year program to buy and refurbish 44 retired Swiss Air Force F-5 Freedom Fighters. These F-5N aircraft enable the Navy to fly in a dedicated adversary role until at least Fiscal Year 2015.
Each Swiss F-5E is airlifted from RUAG's plant at Emmen, Switzerland, to St Augustine, Fla., in a U.S. Navy C-130T. The Swiss F-5’s are disassembled and stowed in a purpose-built frame designed and manufactured by Northrop Grumman. One of two frames was permanently at Emmen, and the other was always in transit.
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