Hobby Master 1:72 Air Power Series HA3339 Northrop F-5F Tiger II USN VFC-13 Saints, MiG-28UB, USNFWS TOPGUN, NAS Fallon, NV, Top Gun Movie Shoot 1985. 1/72 Scale Diecast Model, Size: 4.5" Wingspan, 8.75" Long, Optional Up & Down Landing Gear, Armaments & Display Stand Are Included.

The Northrop F-5 tactical fighter was designed as an extremely maneuverable, supersonicfighter with a high rate of reliability at a low operating cost. The F-5 first flew on July 30,1959 with the first customer delivery in 1964. The last of more than 2,600 F-5Æs was produced in 1989 and about two-thirds of these are still in service with 26 countries more than 4 decades later. The F-5 was manufactured by Northrop Grumman and under license in Canada, Taiwan, South Korea, Spain and Switzerland. Primary Role: Light Fighter.

Since the Soviet/Russian aircraft are assigned odd number designators (MiG-15, MiG-17, Mig-19) the MiG-28 is purely a fictional designator for F-5 aircraft used in the movie ôTop Gunö. The enemy aircraft in the movie were 3 F-5Es and 1 F-5F supplied by the real Topgun squadron and painted with a temporary semi-gloss black scheme. The aircraft had the shark nose radome and leading edge extension modifications. These MiG-28 aircraft were never clearly identified as belonging to a specific country although the markings are suggestive of several potentially hostile countries.