Born at the same time as the famous Soviet MiG-21 fighter, the Northrop F-5E Tiger II has proven to be a platform with impressive performance, low cost, and low maintenance costs. The Northrop F-5E Tiger II is a deeply upgraded version of Northrop Corporation’s fighter line. Its combat capability was evaluated by Soviet experts as superior to MiG-21 and even stronger than MiG-23.The Northrop F-5E Tiger II is the second generation of this fighter, introduced in 1970. This upgrade included more powerful engines, larger fuel capacity.The baseline Northrop F-5E Tiger II introduced the more potent AN/APQ-153 radar, more recent version of the J85 engine.The Northrop F-5E Tiger II experienced numerous upgrades in its service life, with the most significant one being adopting a new planar array radar.The Northrop F-5E Tiger II saw widespread success as an export product throughout the Cold War. The Iranian Air Force received just over 150 F-5 models.