Date Deployed: F-5N First flight: March 2003; F-5F First Flight: September 1974. Propulsion: (2) J85-GE-21C turbojet engines each producing 5,000 pounds (2,273 kg) of thrust. Range: Maximum: 2,314 ...

This photo of a dashing Flight Lieutenant Neville Bowker inspired the nose art that has become inescapably linked with the Flying Tigers. It isn’t a smile. It is more a predator’s sneer.