A Northrop F-5N Tiger II taxies toward the head of the runway at NAS Fallon.
Registration number of this aircraft: 761545.
This aircraft was owned by the Swiss Air Force in the past. US Navy purchased this aircraft from Switzerland and after several modifications put it into use for training purposes.
I took this photo on October 9, 2012 during a base visit at NAS Fallon, the US Navy's main air-to-air and air-to-ground training facility.
The Naval Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) has been located here since 1996.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…
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