{"product_id":"hobby-master-f-5n-vf-111-ha3301","title":"Hobby Master HA3301 1:72 F-5N Tiger II \"Sundowners\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eHobby Master HA3301 1:72 Northrop F-5N Tiger II VFC-111 \"Sundowners\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Northrop F-5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable, supersonic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efighter with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F-5 first flew on July 30, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1959 with the first customer delivery in 1964. The last of more than 2,600 F-5’s was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproduced in 1989 and about two-thirds of these are still in service with 26 countries more \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethan 4 decades later. The F-5 was manufactured by Northrop Grumman and under license \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein Canada, Taiwan, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVFC-111 (Fighter Composite Squadron) was originally VFC-13 and was renamed in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr soft=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNovember 2006. VFC-111 assumed the name, insignia and callsign “Sundowners” when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVF-111 was disestablished as an F-14 squadron. The “Sundowners” are a USN Reserve \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esquadron based at Naval Air Station Key West Florida. It operates 12 of the 41 Northrop F-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5N Tiger II aircraft in operation. Their role is that of an adversary to help train pilots in air \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecombat tactics. The F-5N is supposed to see service through to 2015.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hobby Master","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43007511363811,"sku":"974","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/5000\/6243\/products\/hobby-master-ha3301-172-f-5n-tiger-ii-sundowners-677655.jpg?v=1738274896","url":"https:\/\/www.mtsaviationmodels.com\/products\/hobby-master-f-5n-vf-111-ha3301","provider":"MTS Aviation Models","version":"1.0","type":"link"}