On the map
Every pin is a museum where a page on this site documents an F-5 on display. Select one for details.
Select a pin.
Map data: Natural Earth, public domain. Pins are approximate. Always confirm with the museum before you travel.
Photographs only go so far. Standing beside an F-5 shows how small the jet really is, and lets you check the wing roots, intakes and canopy that help you identify an F-5. This list covers only aircraft we have matched to a museum record.
Dayton, Ohio
YF-5A, serial 59-4989
One of three YF-5A prototypes ordered. It is a chance to see where the whole family started.
Tucson, Arizona
F-5B, serial 72-0441
A two-seat early-family aircraft with a documented service timeline to its museum loan in 2001.
F-5E Tiger II, 741564
A single-seat Tiger II in VFC-13 adversary markings. It reached Pima on loan from the National Naval Aviation Museum after time on display at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum.[1]
Pima puts the early two-seater and the later Tiger II at the same museum. That makes it the best place on this list to compare the Freedom Fighter and Tiger II families side by side.
Fort Worth, Texas
F-5E Tiger II, 74-1558
An aggressor with Air Force and Navy service. The museum says it flew in Top Gun, and its cockpit is open for viewing.
Elsewhere in the world
Canadair CF-5s
CF-5 116721 at the National Air Force Museum of Canada, and a CF-5A at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum.
F-5A, F-5B and RF-5A
Three Norwegian F-5s inside the main hall and a tiger-striped F-5B outside.
Before you go
Museums move, loan and restore aircraft. Confirm with the museum that the jet is on display before you travel.
Get the serial, the placard and the tail markings, not just the whole aircraft. They are what tie a photo to a record.
Museum aircraft often wear a historical or representative scheme. The markings may not match the jet's own service.
Many more F-5s are on display around the world. We add a museum once we can match its aircraft to the museum's own record. If you have visited one, the serial and the museum's description are the two things we need.