Our F-5E Tiger II is painted as an “aggressor”. This aircraft was used by the Naval Fighter Weapons School or “Topgun”, later the Naval Strike Air Warfare Center or NSAWC. It was part of Fighter Squadron Composite VFC-13, the “Saints”, which is the “aggressor” squadron. Rumor has it that our F-5 starred in the 1986 blockbuster movie “Top Gun” but this is incorrect. She was still with the U.S. Air Force when that movie was made.
