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Info EDUARD 03/2024, The Kbely F-5
Miroslav Khol,
VHU Aviation Museum
The Aviation Museum of the Military Historical Institute located in Kbely focuses
on building a collection of aircraft flown by Czechoslovak and Czech pilots.
Beyond that focus, there are also foreign aircraft in the collection, of which the
Northrop F-5E Tiger II probably has the most complicated history. In the past,
only a few insiders knew about its existence in Czechoslovakia.
The development of the F-5 began at Northrop
under the designation N-156 with the aim of creating
a supersonic fighter aircraft (later to become
multirole) that would meet the conditions of easy
operation and maintenance. In April 1962, the US
Department of Defense announced the selection
of the aircraft for the Military Assistance Program
(MAP). US allies from the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) and the Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization (SEATO) requested a supersonic
fighter at an affordable price. In August 1962, the
aircraft received the official designation F-5A from
Northrop. Although all airframes produced were to
be part of the supplies for MAP, the USAF ‘borrowed’
twelve of them for combat evaluations in Vietnam.
Development continued into the F-5E, which had
more powerful engines, a widened fuselage, a larger
wingspan with larger wing-to-fuselage transition,
increasing lift. To improve maneuverability,
automatic leading edge flaps were installed in the
wing.
The F-5E variant also served the South Vietnamese
Air Force at the end of the conflict between North
and South Vietnam. Aircraft produced in 1973 were
delivered to the 536th and 540th Fighter Squadrons
based at Bien Hoa. The aircraft bearing the serial
number 73-00878 was first flown in December
1973 and delivered to Vietnam in the spring of
1974. Interestingly, the beginning of its service life
documentation dating from June, 1974 has been
preserved in Czechoslovakia and survives to this
day. Before the end of the conflict in Southeast Asia,
it flew 153 hours and 30 minutes.
After the fall of South Vietnam, a lot of equipment,
including aircraft, fell into the hands of the victorious
NVA. F-5A/B aircraft along with about thirty F-5Es
fell into the hands of the newly unified communist
Vietnam. Vietnamese F-5s initially served alongside
MiG-21s in combined air regiments and were popular
with pilots for their qualities. Joint operations
alongside Soviet equipment, however, presented
logistical problems, and especially the increasing
shortage of ammunition and spare parts forced
their gradual retirement. That meant that war booty
equipment began to find its way to friendly states.
An offer to hand over an F-5 aircraft to
Czechoslovakia was made at the end of spring,
1980. At that time, a team of technicians from Aero
Vodochody and the Motorlet company was operating
in Vietnam, which was in charge of supporting at
least a part of the Aero L-29 Delfíns then in use there.
Among other things, these technicians were sent to
Bien Hoa, where the remaining F-5 aircraft were
located. There they were to check the condition of
the donated aircraft and determine the possibility
of its transport to Czechoslovakia. However, due
to poor planning of the transport, it was delayed,
but available documentation was supplied to
Czechoslovakia. Another chance for transport
arose during the delivery of L-39C Albatros training
aircraft to the Vietnamese Air Force. On the basis of
the original American documentation, preparations
were made that enabled the transport to
The F-5E is pulled out of the museum's storage hangar (which today houses the 1925-1938 exhibit) under the watchful eye of the head of the exhibit, Colonel Jaroslav
Janečka (in a brigadier's uniform) in the eighties. [photo: VHÚ Aviation Museum]
THE KBELY F-5
HISTORY
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