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|altres usuaris = Força Aèria Taiwanesa, Força Aèria de Corea del Sud
|producció = 1959–1987
|unitats construides = A/B/C: 847<ref name=nat_museum_F-5>[http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2282 "Northrop F-5 Freedom Fight."] ''National Museum of the United States Air Force''. Retrieved: 14 November 2012.</ref> <br/>E/F: 1,399<ref name=Johnsen_p90>Johnsen 2006, p. 90.</ref>
|cost unitari = F-5E: {{US$|2.1 million|link=yes}}<ref name="knaack">Knaack 1978, p. 290.</ref>
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==Especificacions (F-5E Tiger II)==
[[File:F5-E Tiger II.svg|350px|thumb|right|An orthographically projected diagram ofDiagrama thed'un F-5E Tiger-II]]
[[File:Cannon M39A2.png|thumb|M39A2Canons cannonautomàtics ind¡un the nose of a Brazilian F%-5 brasiler]]
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