F-5E Tiger II USAF Red FlagUSAF Red Flag F 5E Tiger Aggressor airplane model. The F 5 is a lightweight, easy to fly, simple to maintain, and (relatively) cheap supersonic fighter. In configuration the F 5 is a low wing monoplane equipped with an all moving horizontal tall mounted in the low position, the fuselage is carefully contoured in accordance with the transonic area rule. Small side mounted inlets supply air for the two General Electric J85 afterburning turbojet engines.