FINAL FLIGHT at Kingsley Field for Adversary Air F-5s of Tactical Air

Contract Adversary Air F-5s from Tactical Air Support completed their final on station flight at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon, August 7, 2024, supporting F-15C student training for the 173rd Fighter Wing. The F-5s will transfer to other bases across the United States supporting F-35 training.
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[@philipwilson4671]

The first time I'd ever seen a Corsair in person was at KLMT. I was 14 (1981) and I walked into a old hangar with hundreds of windows on the doors, shocked to see a Sky Crane helicopter. A kind employee asked me if he could help me and I said "I'm looking for the Corsair" He pointed to a door and when I walked through it, I didn't see a Corsair. A mechanic asked me if he could help me and I asked where the Corsair was. He said "look up". I was standing under the cowl and the wings were folded. I was shocked how big it was. He let me sit in the cockpit and I was forever in love with the Corsair. Fast forward many years later and I worked on the F-14 Tomcat while in the US Navy. My living room is adorned with Corsair and Tomcat paintings. Well... I do have one P-51 Mustang painting, but that might have been an accident.

[@XCimenaticGaming]

Man I love this aircraft, very sad for a final flight lucky to have been able to see one fly...

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

They aren’t retiring their jets, they’re moving them to different locations.

[@gregorygaunt9353]

Love the Robin Olds 'stache!

[@wadesaxton6079]

I was hoping they were going to be sold to the public. Redistributed to support F35 training is better than being parked and scrapped

[@user-et9ww8do4f]

Nice ❤️🇺🇸😊🏁😊

[@wallyzworld7108]

Call sign Villian (ADS-B Villn11). Too bad Northrop never further developed the F-20 Tigershark, would have been the perfect aircraft for small countries, General Dynamics pushed the stripped F-16.

[@Thunder_6278]

The F-5 is over 60 years old, but with modern avionics can still be a weapon system do deal out pain.