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Saudi Arabia offers surplus F-5s for sale
Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
28 December 2014
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Saudi Arabia is offering for sale 79 surplus F-5 combat aircraft that it procured in the 1970s and 1980s. Photo: IHS/Harry M Steele
Saudi Arabia is looking to offload its remaining Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II combat aircraft, according to a solicitation posted online on 18 December.

The proposed sale, details of which were posted on the AvBuyer website, will see the Kingdom divest itself of 79 F-5 aircraft that it procured in the 1970s and 1980s.

The solicitation said the invitation to tender needed to include a "2% bank guarantee of the actual bid value of the tender to be sent in a sealed envelope", adding that the opening date for all envelopes would be 20 February 2015.

ANALYSIS
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has already retired from the service the last of the approximately 110 F-5E/F/RF-5E aircraft that it received under the US government's Peace Hawk programme, so this proposed sale will not impact upon its capabilities.

Northrop officials have estimated that there are still 800-1,500 F-5 aircraft in service today, of which only about 200-400 are believed to still be in flying condition. As such, the offer of 79 'new' aircraft onto the market will provide a rare and welcome opportunity for operators to replenish their fleets, whether with additional flying platforms or with platforms to be used for spares.

This Saudi offer is actually the second time that the Kingdom has offered its surplus F-5s for sale, with a previous offer for 55 aircraft having been made in 2009. At that time, interest was shown from the Republic of Central Equatoria (now part of South Sudan) and Singapore, although no sale to either nation was announced.

With most remaining F-5 users being in the developing world, it is not possible to list an accurate inventory of operators and numbers, or likely recipients of these Saudi aircraft. Whoever does receive them, however, should receive support from the original equipment manufacturer, Northrop, which in 2010 announced that it was teaming with RUAG Aviation and Astronautics to provide an F-5 Tiger and T-38 Talon support and sustainment programme.

At the time of the announcement at the Farnborough Airshow in 2010, Northrop executives said that, although 50 years old, the F-5 still has 20 years of operational life left in it.
 
Saudi Arabia offers surplus F-5s for sale
Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
28 December 2014
F5_-_main.jpg

Saudi Arabia is offering for sale 79 surplus F-5 combat aircraft that it procured in the 1970s and 1980s. Photo: IHS/Harry M Steele
Saudi Arabia is looking to offload its remaining Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II combat aircraft, according to a solicitation posted online on 18 December.

The proposed sale, details of which were posted on the AvBuyer website, will see the Kingdom divest itself of 79 F-5 aircraft that it procured in the 1970s and 1980s.

The solicitation said the invitation to tender needed to include a "2% bank guarantee of the actual bid value of the tender to be sent in a sealed envelope", adding that the opening date for all envelopes would be 20 February 2015.

ANALYSIS
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has already retired from the service the last of the approximately 110 F-5E/F/RF-5E aircraft that it received under the US government's Peace Hawk programme, so this proposed sale will not impact upon its capabilities.

Northrop officials have estimated that there are still 800-1,500 F-5 aircraft in service today, of which only about 200-400 are believed to still be in flying condition. As such, the offer of 79 'new' aircraft onto the market will provide a rare and welcome opportunity for operators to replenish their fleets, whether with additional flying platforms or with platforms to be used for spares.

This Saudi offer is actually the second time that the Kingdom has offered its surplus F-5s for sale, with a previous offer for 55 aircraft having been made in 2009. At that time, interest was shown from the Republic of Central Equatoria (now part of South Sudan) and Singapore, although no sale to either nation was announced.

With most remaining F-5 users being in the developing world, it is not possible to list an accurate inventory of operators and numbers, or likely recipients of these Saudi aircraft. Whoever does receive them, however, should receive support from the original equipment manufacturer, Northrop, which in 2010 announced that it was teaming with RUAG Aviation and Astronautics to provide an F-5 Tiger and T-38 Talon support and sustainment programme.

At the time of the announcement at the Farnborough Airshow in 2010, Northrop executives said that, although 50 years old, the F-5 still has 20 years of operational life left in it.
I think Nigeria should get 30 of these to finish BOKO HARAM
 
I am sure KSA is going to produce JF-17 Block-II locally like Jordan-Egypt and may be Algeria-Libya will do that too.

Saudi Arabia offers surplus F-5s for sale
Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
28 December 2014
F5_-_main.jpg

Saudi Arabia is offering for sale 79 surplus F-5 combat aircraft that it procured in the 1970s and 1980s. Photo: IHS/Harry M Steele
Saudi Arabia is looking to offload its remaining Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II combat aircraft, according to a solicitation posted online on 18 December.

The proposed sale, details of which were posted on the AvBuyer website, will see the Kingdom divest itself of 79 F-5 aircraft that it procured in the 1970s and 1980s.

The solicitation said the invitation to tender needed to include a "2% bank guarantee of the actual bid value of the tender to be sent in a sealed envelope", adding that the opening date for all envelopes would be 20 February 2015.

ANALYSIS
The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) has already retired from the service the last of the approximately 110 F-5E/F/RF-5E aircraft that it received under the US government's Peace Hawk programme, so this proposed sale will not impact upon its capabilities.

Northrop officials have estimated that there are still 800-1,500 F-5 aircraft in service today, of which only about 200-400 are believed to still be in flying condition. As such, the offer of 79 'new' aircraft onto the market will provide a rare and welcome opportunity for operators to replenish their fleets, whether with additional flying platforms or with platforms to be used for spares.

This Saudi offer is actually the second time that the Kingdom has offered its surplus F-5s for sale, with a previous offer for 55 aircraft having been made in 2009. At that time, interest was shown from the Republic of Central Equatoria (now part of South Sudan) and Singapore, although no sale to either nation was announced.

With most remaining F-5 users being in the developing world, it is not possible to list an accurate inventory of operators and numbers, or likely recipients of these Saudi aircraft. Whoever does receive them, however, should receive support from the original equipment manufacturer, Northrop, which in 2010 announced that it was teaming with RUAG Aviation and Astronautics to provide an F-5 Tiger and T-38 Talon support and sustainment programme.

At the time of the announcement at the Farnborough Airshow in 2010, Northrop executives said that, although 50 years old, the F-5 still has 20 years of operational life left in it.

Turkey should buy it and also from other countries too....
 
I am sure KSA is going to produce JF-17 Block-II locally like Jordan-Egypt and may be Algeria-Libya will do that too.



Turkey should buy it and also from other countries too....


You kidding :rofl:

Why would we buy that. Only F-5 squadron operational is the 132th. FİLO "Turkish Stars". It is the aerial acrobatics squadron. Besides with 244 F-16 Block 50 + 116 F-35A/B + at least 100 TF-X...why would we buy that from Saudis.
 
They have limited A2G capability.

@fatman17 / @Oscar - Can it be a cheap LIFT option for PAF?
Maybe break ever. Our jf17 is certainly better than this jet. Plus, purchasing the jf17 boosts our economy, creats jobs and income etc. unless we need better aircraft like f16 from Jordan, we need to stick with jf17, let the engineers learn and develop better aircraft in future. This is one reason China and Russia and other countries advanced with airplanes. They make jets and their country then buys. Hence China, Russia and other countries have excellent aerospace companies. In the past pakistan relied heavily on foreign jets hence were late in the game.


Now unless these jets are being sold for really good price, maybe it'd be a considerable deal. But let's not forget that there are a bunch of jets in Air Force fleet that needs to be replaced in next decade. These planes have life of 20 years and American tech, so it'd be great replacement for the old Chinese jets we have.


Tl\dr. Unless these jets are super cheap, we need to stick with jf17. Also no need to have too much of diversication. 3-4 kinds is good.
 
The only country which i think can have most benefit is Iraq. They don't have air force and it will give them good boost to having plus flying hours and experience
 

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