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Brazil’s Upgraded Tiger IIs Might Be The Most Capable F-5s In The World

Local industry has just completed a wide-ranging modernization program for the Brazilian F-5 Tiger II fleet.

BYTHOMAS NEWDICKOCTOBER 19, 2020

F-5 Tiger II oppgradert til M variant - Brazilian Air Force

Brazil has finally completed a comprehensive program of enhancements for its fleet of veteran Northrop F-5 Tiger II jets, which are, remarkably, the country’s main fighter equipment. Although first delivered in 1975, the upgraded jets will be tasked with defending Brazilian airspace at least until the air force’s Saab F-39 Gripen multirole fighters gain full operating capability, presently scheduled to occur in 2025. 

The upgrade cycle came to an end on October 14, 2020, when the final example — two-seater serial FAB 4810 — was handed over to the Brazilian Air Force at the Gavião Peixoto facility, in São Paulo state, run by the domestic aviation company Embraer. The jet, previously flown by Jordan, and acquired by Brazil second-hand, was the last of 49 examples that have been brought up to the latest F-5M standard. It will re-enter service with 1º/14º Grupo de Aviação, the “Pampa” Squadron, based at Canoas in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.