<p>c/n N.9003
Built 1966
Allocated US military serial 65-10594 for delivery purposes but served with the Royal Norwegian Air Force only as ‘594’.
She was one of eight F-5Bs upgraded between 1991 and 1994 under the Program for Avionics and Weapon Systems (known as ‘TIGER-PAWS’), the aircraft having an avionics refit to replicate an F-16 cockpit.
The final F-5 unit, 336 squadron, disbanded in June 2000 and ‘594’, wearing partial ‘Tiger’ livery, was delivered to Gardermoen for preservation. Since 2015 she has been the museums ‘Gate Guard’.
Flysamlingen Forsvarets Museer (Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection)
Oslo Gardermoen
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26th May 2019
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