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␗F-5E
VII
Rank
AB
11.3
RB
11.0
SB
11.3
AB
RB
11.0
SB
11.0
AB
11.3
RB
11.0
SB
Battle rating
China
Game nation
Fighter
Main role
175,000
RP
Research
950,000
SL
Purchase
Republic of China
Origin country
General information

Before plans to introduce the F-4 series failed as a result of improving Sino (Mainland China)-US relations, the Nationalist government signed contracts with Northrop to assemble the F-5E/F on Taiwan Island in 1973 to replace the ageing F-86F/F-100 fleet under Project Peace Tiger (虎安計劃). Six batches of these aircraft were assembled domestically by AIDC, but plans to upgrade them were cancelled in the early 2000s. They became a cornerstone of the ROCAF until the 2020s. Two fatal incidents then accelerated their decommissioning from the remaining fighter wing of the ROCAF, their performance being deemed hopeless against the now-modernized PLAAF; the remaining RF-5Es are to be replaced by the new T-BE-5A Brave Eagle AJT by the mid-2020s.

Introduced in Update "Danger Zone" alongside its American counterpart, the F-5E in ROCAF service has the same capabilities as the original US-built ones, with hard-hitting AAMs/AGMs as well as a variety of loadouts from rocket pods up to 2,000 lb bombs. Although it is not as dominant in air combat as the PLAAF J-7E, the F-5E's ability to carry four AGM-65 Maverick missiles makes it a uniquely valuable aircraft in the Chinese tech tree for precision standoff CAS.



Flight performance
Max speed
at 11,582 m 1,7781,7421,8321,754 km/h
Rate of Climb 150116.4171.6130.4 m/s
Turn time 2627.824.927.2 s
Max altitude 15,240 m
Takeoff Run 850 m

Combat
flaps
Take-off
flaps
Landing
flaps
Air
brake
General characteristics
Crew 1 person
Gross weight 8.3 t
Engine 2 x General Electric J85-GE-21A
Length 14.7 m
Wingspan 8.1 m

Limits:
Max Speed Limit (IAS) 1,458 km/h
Mach Number Limit 2
Flap Speed Limit (IAS) 463 km/h
Gear Speed Limit (IAS) 482 km/h
Offensive armament
2 × 20 mm M39A3 cannon
Ammunition 560 rounds
Fire rate 1,698 shots/min

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Suspended armament
Max weight 7,257 kg

NameWeightSlot
76.9 kg
240.9 kg
254 kg
362.4 kg
401.4 kg
19 × 233.7 kg
4 × 280.3 kg
210.5 kg
446.8 kg
Drop tank (150 gal.)80 kg
893.6 kg
766.6 kg
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 2,934 → 4,049 SL
RB 9,162 → 12,644 SL
SB 8,871 → 12,242 SL
Crew training 270,000 SL
Experts 1,210,000 SL
Aces 3,200 GE
Research Aces 950,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
100 / 330 / 600 % SL
244 % RP
Total cost of modifications 296,000 RP
452,000 SL
Talisman cost 3,000 GE

Research order:
␗F-5E

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