Salute!
Good news for the F-5 folks, and even without a cosmic AESA 'dar, the new equip will help.
For folks that have never faced the F-5E, the thing is very hard to pick up visually, but unless he gets off a good Lima or Slammer shot early, some of the later lites such as the Tiffie , Viper, Hornet and such will usually win if in a furball. It does not maintain energy as well as the 4G planes, and once real slow is a falling leaf. Only saw them for real and not a planned mission when at Red Flag, and if he didn't nail me on his intercept it was one or two defensive turns and the bandit booked!
I like the Viper as an aggressor, but the F-5 is lots cheaper to maintain for the mechanics.
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