{"product_id":"hobby-master-1-72-f-5-ha3365","title":"Hobby Master HA3365 1:72 US Navy F-5N Tiger II Sundowners","description":"\u003cdiv data-widget_type=\"heading.default\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-id=\"13900c7\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13900c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"elementor-widget-container\"\u003eHobby Master 1:72 HA3365 Northrop Grumman F-5N Tiger II 761554, VFC-111 Sundowners, US Navy, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"elementor-widget-container\"\u003eThe Northrop F-5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable, supersonic fighter with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F-5 first flew on July 30, 1959 with the first customer delivery in 1964. The last of more than 2,600 F-5’s was produced in 1989 and about two-thirds of these are still in service with 26 countries more than 4 decades later. The F-5 was manufactured by Northrop Grumman and under license in Canada, Taiwan, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"\u003eF-5 761554 MSN L. 1028 was formerly owned by the Swiss Air Force as J-3029 and acquired by the USN when the Swiss were retiring these planes. The aircraft underwent upgrades to an “N” variant and became active with VFC-111 “Sun Downers” in 2008. VFC-111 is an Aggressor Squadron with the mission to train USN and USMC pilots in the art of aerial combat. Many VFC-111 F-5s are painted in a two-tone blue scheme to visually mimic Russian latest aircraft. Several of these paint schemes differ from the others by using the two blues in various patterns\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-widget_type=\"heading.default\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-id=\"23b0c43\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b0c43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hobby Master","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43273865199843,"sku":"HA3365","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/5000\/6243\/products\/hobby-master-ha3365-172-us-navy-f-5n-tiger-ii-sundowners-398975.jpg?v=1738274185","url":"https:\/\/www.mtsaviationmodels.com\/de\/products\/hobby-master-1-72-f-5-ha3365","provider":"MTS Aviation Models","version":"1.0","type":"link"}