6 Nov 2026
- The timeline gains nine events, from the first F-5's unveiling to Spain's Hürjet order, plus a 2010s jump button
- Six new glossary terms, including Peace Llama, Saeqeh and Tiger III, and three new quiz questions
- The History page now lists every story in the order it happened
- Still flying in 2026: a chart of every country still flying the F-5, with planned retirement dates
- New airframe record: N-156F 59-4987, the very first F-5, now on the museums map in Seattle
- New airframe record: F-5E Tigre III 813, a Chilean Tiger with its own book
- Operator profile: Jordan, the country that passed its Tigers on to three continents
- New airframe record: F-5S 800, Singapore's museum Tiger
- Chile's profile gets its own illustration
- Operator profile: Chile, from the Atacama to Punta Arenas
- Airframe records grew: 59-4989's two brother prototypes, 741564's neighbour at Pima and 761550's squadron mates
- The numbers on the home page now count up as the page opens
- New sections: Spain's Hürjet handover, Singapore's last squadron and museum Tiger, Taiwan's record Tiger II fleet
- The quiz, family tree, Paint Shop and size tool each gained a short background section
- Iran, Turkey and Morocco profiles get their own illustrations, so every country profile now has a picture
- Site search: find any story, country, variant or serial number, from the Search button in the header
- Kenya, Taiwan, Spain, Singapore, Canada and South Korea profiles now open with a full illustration, and Kenya gained a section on the Ogaden war next door
- Operator profile: Morocco, from Western Sahara to the Tiger III
- Cards and photos now glide in gently as you scroll
- Sharper text contrast in light mode
- Explore an F-5Search: tap eight parts of the jet to see what each one does
- Country cards on the operators page now show a picture for every country with a full profile
- Operator profile: Turkey, home of the Turkish Stars
- Two new quiz questions, on Iran and the Turkish Stars
- Page header pictures now load in a lighter format on supported browsers
- Operator profile: Iran, the first foreign F-5 operator
- Saudi Arabia added to the map as a retired operator
- 32 more original illustrations behind page headers, so nearly every page now has its own picture
- Six new original illustrations: F-20, Top Gun, South Vietnam, Norway, Switzerland and Brazil
- Operator profile: Kenya
- Credits: every original illustration listed
- New look for page headers, with each page's own photo
- New story: South Vietnam's F-5s
- New story: F-20 Tigershark, the F-5 nobody bought
- Stories and profiles now show when they were last updated
- New: a History section with all six stories, now in the main menu
- New: decode a serial number
- New site icon, sharper on every browser, phone home screen and app install
- Each page now shares with its own photo on social media
- Easier exploring: about 60 new links in the text of stories and profiles
- Operators map: still-flying count at a glance, plus Honduras, Tunisia, Jordan, Iran, Morocco, Chile and Kenya
- Quiz: five new questions (pool of 20)
- New: Skoshi Tiger, the F-5 goes to war
- F-5B 72-0441: why it went to Panama, then Florida
- South Korea profile: the cost of flying old jets
- Norway profile: squadrons, the fighter school and the missile-test years
- Mexico profile: the long road to a fighter and what comes next
- F-5N and F-5F pages: Navy and Marine Corps fleet numbers
- Thailand profile: cost, data link and airshow debut
- F-5E page: production, the aggressor role and where it still flies
- F-5A page: armament, production, first pilots and Skoshi Tiger
- Operators map: new "Still flying in 2026" view
- Aircraft photos now show in full on phones
- F-5B page: origins, the pilot school, and F-5B vs. F-5F
- Home page: the F-5A, F-5E and F-5F boxes now open each aircraft page
- Operator profile: Mexico
- Real T-38 photo on the F-5 vs. T-38 page
- Operator profile: Thailand
- Game: T-38 or F-5?
- New: F-5 vs. T-38 Talon
- Museum world map
- Easier reading: steadier spacing and comfortable line lengths in longer pages
- Dark mode: follows your device, or use the Dark/Light button in the header
- Operator profile: Canada
- Operator profile: Spain
- Glossary: seven new terms
- World map of F-5 operators
- Operator profile: Singapore
- Identify: real photo comparisons
- Interactive F-5 timeline, 1959 to 2029
- Operator profile: Norway
- Operator profile: South Korea
- Previous/next model links, museum pictures and a new site footer
- Jet of the Month on the home page
- Real photos through the F-5 history and adversary pages
- Airframes: filter, evidence labels and how records are built
- Home page refresh: real photos on every model, an Explore map of the whole site
- Spot the difference: F-5A vs F-5E
- Pictures on every airframe record and card
- More history for F-5E 741564
- About page refreshed
- Real photo of YF-5A 59-4989 in flight
- Paint Shop: live preview stays on screen on phones
- Operator profile: Taiwan
- Quiz: 15-question pool, new questions every round
- Tidier menu on phones
- Interactive F-5 family tree
- Operator profile: Brazil
- New record-plate headers on airframe pages
- Search and filter the operators directory
- "Name that jet" photo game
- F-5A vs F-5E specs table
- F-5 trading cards
- Operator profile: Switzerland
- Glossary of F-5 terms
- Accessibility statement
- Custom "page not found" page
- Image credits and licensing
- Real photos on every aircraft page
- The F-5 in Top Gun, and airframe 74-1558
- How big is an F-5? size comparison
- F-5 Paint Shop
- Airframe record: F-5N BuNo 761550
- 10 things you didn't know about the F-5
- Where to see an F-5 museum map
- The F-5 as an adversary
- F-5 quiz
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