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Disposition of Northop-Canadair CF-5s
Posted by Mike Henniger on Mon Feb 17, 2003 12:49:28 PM
In reply top null posted by null on null
I thought I would post this, as there was a discussion regarding the former Canadian Forces CF-5s (CF-116s).
I was flipping through an older issus of Flight International (one from last November). There was an article on the inventory of the world's airforces. I didn't know it but, apparently back in 1996 Botswana bought 13 CF-5A/Ds via Bristol Aerospace. The article also mentions "The aircraft are from a batch of 24 CF-5s upgraded with new avionics by Bristol Aerospace for the Canadian Forces, which was to use them as lead-in fighters."
So it sounds like there is slightly less than a dozen upgraded CF-5s in storage at Mountain View (my guess).
Mike