Originally Posted by
4runner
they are most certainly not in poor condition. Even the Jordanian ones were pretty good. I see them almost daily coming back from sorties, landing at NAS Boca Chica. They’ll get avionics upgrades and standardized. The ROC can produce their own spares, they built most of theirs.
They are in a terrible condition. Just Google 'Swiss F-5 cracks' and/or 'Swiss F-5s grounded' - it's all there for you.
The ROC cannot build their own spares, which is why the US is trying to source them itself -
https://www.janes.com/article/88184/...or-taiwan-f-5s
Now don't come back to me until you've done some research...