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Northrop F-5E Tiger II

Specifications (F-5E Tiger II)

General characteristics

Crew: 1

Length: 47 ft 4¾ in (14.45 m)

Wingspan: 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)

Height: 13 ft 4½ in (4.08 m)

Wing area: 186 ft² (17.28 m²)

Airfoil: NACA 65A004.8 root, NACA 64A004.8 tip

Empty weight: 9,558 lb (4,349 kg)

Max takeoff weight: 24,664 lb (11,187 kg)

Powerplant: 2× General Electric J85-GE-21B turbojet

Dry thrust: 3,500 lbf (15.5 kN) each

Thrust with afterburner: 5,000 lbf (22.2 kN) each

*Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0200

Drag area: 3.4 ft² (0.32 m²)

Aspect ratio: 3.86

Internal fuel: 677 US gal (2,563 L)

External fuel: 275 US gal (1,040 L) per tank in up to 3 tanks

Performance

Maximum speed: 917 kn (1,060 mph, 1,700 km/h, Mach 1.6)

Range: 760 nmi (870 mi, 1,405 km)

Ferry range: 2,010 nmi (2,310 mi, 3,700 km)

Service ceiling: 51,800 ft (15,800 m)

Rate of climb: 34,400 ft/min (175 m/s)

Lift-to-drag ratio: 10.0

Armament

Guns: 2× 20 mm (0.787 in) Pontiac M39A2 cannons in the nose, 280 rounds/gun

Hardpoints: 7 total (3× wet): 2× wing-tip AAM launch rails, 4× under-wing & 1× under-fuselage pylon stations holding up to 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg) of payload.

Rockets:

2× LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19× /7× Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively); or

2× LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets); or

2× LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× Zuni 127 mm rockets); or

2× Matra rocket pods (each with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets)

Missiles:

Air-to-air missile:

4× AIM-9 Sidewinders or

4× AIM-120 AMRAAMs

Air-to-surface missile:

2× AGM-65 Mavericks

Bombs: A variety of air-to-ground ordnance such as the Mark 80 series of unguided iron bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs), CBU-24/49/52/58 cluster bomb munitions, napalm bomb canisters and M129 Leaflet bomb

Others: up to 3× 150/275 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.

Avionics

Emerson Electric AN/APQ-153 radar on early batch of F-5E

Emerson Electric AN/APQ-159 radar on later production F-5E


Data from Quest for Performance