Iran

 

Bildet: Enten er bildet tuklet med, eller så er det en variant Iran har fikset selv.  Såvidt jeg vet har F-5 aldri hat twin tails.  (Red.)

Vintage Iranian Northrop F-5 light fighter reportedly strikes US base in Kuwait

Why Iran striking a heavily-defended base with an old F-5 with limited capabilities is remarkable and cautions that even obsolete aircraft can be a threat.

Aaron Spray

April 28, 2026

A new NBC News article suggests that Iran managed to strike a US base with its old Northrop F-5 light fighters. If true, this would be an extraordinary strike for such a small and outdated platform.

Report Iran bombed US base with old F-5 Tiger II

A new NBC News article suggests that Iran managed to strike a US base with its old Northrop F-5 light fighters. If true, this would be an extraordinary strike for such a small and outdated platform.

One of the most eye-catching Iranian strikes is reported to have been carried out by an Iranian Northrop F-5 Tiger II light fighter. These were delivered to the former Imperial Iranian Air Force before the 1979 revolution.

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Hegseth clashes with lawmakers over Iran war, condemns ‘defeatist’ rhetoric

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Svetlana Shkolnikova

Stars and Stripes • April 29, 2026

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Washington during a House Armed Services committee hearing regarding the Pentagon's 2027 budget request. (Eric Kayne/Stars and Stripes)

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth castigated Democrats on Wednesday for questioning the war in Iran, calling their “reckless, feckless and defeatist” words about the conflict “the biggest adversary we face” as he made his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since the war began.

He included “some Republicans” in his criticism as he testified before the House Armed Services Committee in a hearing on the Pentagon’s record $1.5 billion budget request that repeatedly turned into a heated debate on the war.