The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation. There are two main models, the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter variants and the extensively updated F-5E and F-5F Tiger II variants. The design team wrapped a small, highly aerodynamic fighter around two compact and high-thrust General Electric J85 engines, focusing on performance and a low cost of maintenance.
F-5E Tiger II is a single-seat fighter version with AN/APQ-159 replacing earlier AN/APQ-153 in F-5A.
The first F-5E flew on 11 August 1972. A two-seat combat-capable trainer, the F-5F, was offered, first flying on 25 September 1974, at Edwards Air Force Base, with a new nose, that was three feet long, which, unlike the F-5B that did not mount a gun, allowed it to retain a single M39 cannon, albeit with a reduced ammunition capacity. The two-seater was equipped with the Emerson AN/APQ-157 radar, which is a derivative of the AN/APQ-153 radar, with dual control and display systems to accommodate the two-men crew, and the radar has the same range of AN/APQ-153, around 10 nmi. On 6 April 1973, the 425th TFS at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, received the first F-5E Tiger II.
📑 ➖➖➖ In the 1980s, Morocco received 16 F-5E and four F-5F, fighting against the Polisario Front. Threats faced included multiple SA-6 antiaircraft systems, and several F-5s were lost during the conflict. Starting in 1990, Morocco received 12 more F-5Es from the United States, a total of 24 F-5Es having been upgraded to the F-5TIII standard.

▪️🇺🇸 Manufacturer Northrop Corporation
▪️✅ First flight F-5E: 11 August 1972
▪️💹 Unit cost F-5E: US$2.1 million
▪️👤 Crew: 1
▪️📏 Length: 48 ft 2.25 in (14.6876 m)
▪️↔️ Wingspan: 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
27 ft 11.875 in (8.53123 m) with wing-tip missiles
▪️↕️ Height: 13 ft 4.5 in (4.077 m)
▪️↗️ Max takeoff weight: 24,675 lb (11,192 kg)

▪️🛢 Fuel capacity:
Internal fuel: 677 US gal (564 imp gal; 2,560 l)
External fuel: up to 3x 275 US gal (229 imp gal; 1,040 l) drop-tanks
▪️⚙️ Powerplant: 2 × General Electric J85-GE-21 afterburning turbojet engines, 3,500 lbf (16 kN) thrust each dry, 5,000 lbf (22 kN) with afterburner
▪️⏭ Maximum speed: Mach 1.63 (1,740 km/h; 1,080 mph) at 36,000 ft (11,000 m)
▪️⏩ Maximum cruise speed: Mach 0.98 (1,050 km/h; 650 mph) at 36,000 ft (11,000 m)
▪️🔁 Range: 481 nmi (554 mi, 891 km) clean
▪️🔃 Combat radius (20 min reserve): 120 nmi (140 mi; 220 km) with 2x Sidewinders + 5,200 lb (2,400 kg) ordnance, with 5 minutes combat at max power at sea level
▪️⚔️ Armament
Guns: 2× 20 mm (0.787 in) M39A2 Revolver cannon in the nose, 280 rounds/gun
Hardpoints: 7 total (only pylon stations 3, 4 and 5 are wet-plumbed): 2× wing-tip AAM launch rails, 4× under-wing & 1× under-fuselage pylon stations with a capacity of 7,000 pounds (3,200 kg),with provisions to carry combinations of:
Rockets:
2× LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19× /7× Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively); or
2× LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets); or
2× LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× Zuni 127 mm rockets); or
2× Matra rocket pods (each with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets)
Missiles:
2× AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile on wingtips (initial F-5E Tiger II loadout)
4× AIM-9 Sidewinder or 4× AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile (F-5S and modernized F-5E)
4× AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles (on upgraded F-5 after 1995)
AA-8 Aphid, AA-10 Alamo, AA-11 Archer, and other Russian/Chinese AAMs (Iranian ver.)
Bombs: A variety of air-to-ground ordnance such as the Mark 80 series of unguided bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs), CBU-24/49/52/58 cluster bomb munitions, napalm bomb canisters and M129 Leaflet bomb, and laser-guided bombs of Paveway family.
Other:
up to 3× 150/275 U.S. gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks for ferry flight or extended range/loitering time.
2× GPU-5/A 30mm cannon pods (fitted only on Thai F-5s)
Avionics
Emerson Electric AN/APQ-153 radar on an early batch of F-5E
Emerson Electric AN/APQ-159 radar on later production F-5E
Emerson Electric AN/APQ-157 radar on F-5F
Emerson Electric AN/APG-69 radar on US Navy F-5N (ex-Swiss Air Force F-5E) aggressors role
Leonardo S.p.A. Grifo-F radar on Singaporean Air Force upgraded F-5E
AN/AVQ-27 Laser Target Designator Set (LTDS), for F-5B and F-5F only.

Ref: Wikipedia.