I've always said in my group of friends that the F-5E is the owner of the low-bracket Rank VII, and im quite satisfied that the plane is finally getting the recognition it deserves.

The F5, especially the E variant, are the Lotus of the fighter jet world. The size and weight make it a difficult target to hit, and the fact it can go mach 1 is a huge advantage over the only other decent dogfighter you're going to fly against, the F8; which, although on the stat card has a top speed of 2k+km/hr, it struggles to go past mach 1 and rips easy at high speed. The F8 though, is the only thing I've flown that's managed to counter the F5 consistently. The AIM9-D and the unique 9-C give very easy kills

I played with 9.7 to 10.7br in the first ~400 matches. My win rate was around +70%. Then something happened and I started entering 11.3br matches all the time. It's not a problem for me, but it's still fun. By the way, don't refuel the plane for 30 or 36 minutes. It negatively affects turn time, acceleration and top speed. 10 to 20 minutes of fuel is best. If you don't use afterburner all the time, there is no problem.

I used to play the p51 with the 20mm a lot and it taught me trigger discipline. With the f5e I rarely get low on ammo in the guns even after 5 gun kills just because their fire rate isn’t the best and you only have two sharing 560 rounds of ammo. The missiles are alright but in my opinion this plane at 13 min of fuel is a beast in dogfights as long as you don’t make a big mistake. Generally being fast is the best in this plane however it’s turning capability around 600kmh is pretty good in a rate against most players. I typically just find myself third partying until I get a little lower on fuel then I pick single off targets or a small group of players to kill.

Bro that indonesian TNI-AU decal looks awesome

The greatest jet in the whole game. I didn’t realize that I wasn’t actually having fun playing this game for years untill I got the F-5. Almost 1k games now. Honestly I should upload my clips of my 1v6 gunfights, and when I’ve killed 2 people with their own team’s missiles in a single game.

Most enjoyable flight model with the J-7E. Pure definition of fun.

Got a talisman for it during the November sales and haven't looked back since. Lovely little jet

10.7 saved this plane, 11.0 was too high

Joob in an F-20 gonna b a sight to behold

I bought a talisman for this last sale and I've grinded almost all my top tier jets in it, it's unbelievable good

FR this plane is great grinder, even more with talisman 🤩

In my experience, if you rock a 9J or a 9P (they're the same anyway) from within 1 km they can very usually straight up ignore flares. And smack onto those wonderful afterburners.

the radar gun sight only shows how far you have to calculate for the bullet drop and if the plane is going up or down. I aim slightly ahead and slightly up of the middle of the enemy plane with radar gunsight and i hits almost everytime. Like aim a centimeter above their nose.

I binged 100 games in this thing to grind the f-16 and it was a total power trip. One of the very few vehicles where I felt I could handle any situation, it can either out-turn or out-energy everything it sees. The aim9j's are pretty underrated missiles too since they're not flashy with high range or g-load. They're the perfect definition of a workhorse missile -- they get the job done, even if the F-5 still at heart a gunfighter plane. A big part of its strength is definitely the matchmaker. There are some troublesome foes with very powerful weapons at 11.3 and 11.7, but those more likely get pulled up to max BR to feed the newest jets. The tiny IR signature and UFO-like agility and energy retention does make me wonder if 10.7 is too low for it... but agile planes with limited speed and weapons tend to get the most unjustified BR increases... so I don't know. It feels like too often already a plane's performance is dictated by how bad its uptiers are, and it's nice to have the occasional aircraft that isn't completely obsolete in a +1.0 game.

F-5E with aced crew is just nasty. It's my favorite plane I've flown in game since it got it's br reduction.

oh dang, I didn't realize this plane went down in BR! I have to give it another shot, it used to be my favorite plane but I haven't played it in a while.

I’am honestly say that I am really enjoying and personally pick to play F5E/ F5C or any flyable plane at 10-11BR morethane any other higher tier

Taking the extra gunpod is THE way to go in the F5E since it gets lead when radar locking!

Gotta Love the TNI-AU livery, its so beautiful and I can't wait to play with my F-5E

i played th F-5E at 12.0 getting up tierd buy my friends, and i landed a solid ace with it, best plane for its br in the game in my opinion.

I got the F-15A and this is still my fav plane in the whole game

Got this thing first week it dropped and it’s always slapped for me it’s just so much fun

It wasn’t fun flying this against the mld for a bit but it has blossomed as of late

almost done with the reasearch for the 100d then going straight for this jet

Love that F-5E especially with indonesian air force livery 5th squadron from Iswahjudi air base, have seen it up close IRL

Everyone is talking about the F5C and F5E but what about the Chinese F5A? It's the same BR as the F5E but how does it fly? I like the look of the F5A more so I'm thinking about flying and spading it instead of the F5E.

I’ve played the F5E for 10-ish games, it’s very fun

imagine flying the f5e without its dong attached (gunpod)

Such a gorgeous game. I wish I just didn't see it only from the ground battles but also from the air battles. With all that said I'm plannjng on installing it again. Which country and which line should I start with ?

The F-5E with a talisman is what got me through grinding top tier

I personally use the gunpod on the F-5E i find its extremely useful

nice. looking foreward to the new content

5:25 pretty sure they made a post saying that they couldn't get it to work properly yet so it will be implemented in one of the 2024 updates so we have to wait

could you also cover the F-4E and Kurnass in the recent MM?

I know I’ve already asked you this during a live stream… but can you do a video on the SU-25k? Seeing how it is at 10.3

You should have put in a throw back to your first ever jet review

Could you play the f2h-2 because you can get rid of the wing tanks now

The camo your using my friend has seen it irl the exact model

My only gripe with this jet is that I always get stomped by aim7 and r24 even though I chaff and take evasive maneuvers, I also got uptiered a lot

VI'm sorry i know I'm not normal but the F5E, F4E, A7D, A7E, F111A, A4E, F4C will never leave my hangar without their gunpods. The F5-E is still unbelievably nimble still while having the. 30mm pod and 2x AIM 9s. Both the F5s cannons are accurate but not the hardest hitting and the pod puts ALL that to bed along with the opposing team. Get them in close and snipe from about 2.5 km away. Once you get good you find yourself laughing a good amount of the match in disbelief how fast the .30mm completely rips there plane apart of just one hits him with that snipe. 20mm cannons rounds seem to not be able to hit the fat away giving you a nice advantage on any tool trying to head on with you. The A7E and D are absolutely disgusting rocking two of those. 30mm pods plus it's Vulcan. 42.35k+ kg/sec burst.... Yup

F5E has always been the best plane at its BR.

At this BR most games goes to the team with most US planes. (it's always mixed)

Incredibly strong plane, even stock. But US teams are a nightmare atm (as if they were even acceptable before the sales but...)

I think you just alerted the entirety of Indonesia with that IAF livery.

Which belts should I run

They need to give it the Aim-9H x4 because it could use the Aim-9H Aim-9J's x2 will not cut it if anything they need to give it 4 missiles because IRL it could carry 4 missiles

As an F5E player, yes, get this thing. It's much more fun than the F16 and F15

I've been loving the F5-E, friend showed me how OP it was. I even got a fanmail from an F-5C about how much an ass I am lmao

f5s are the definition of overpowered for their br literally the f16s of 9.3-11.7

I have this with a talisman and I love it 😂

my best plane of all time and besides the F-16 my favorite

Saw the TNI AU camo, clicked the video instantly

As a mechanic that has worked in the F-5 Freedom Fighter. I can't get myself to use the F5 as it uses MSDOS as an Operating System...

only thing ive ran into trouble with is the drakens, but thats maybe just a skill issue with the 1v1

I JUST spaded my Chinese F-5E while doing the winter event. One of my games in it I got 8 kills...

i back playing since he back to 10.7 and its overkill Hope gaijin add the F-5EM the Brazilian modernization and upgrade for carry AIM-120

f5e owns 10.3. It is crazy and carried me for so long

you should try playing the chineses f100a! it's really fun

When I play the F5E everyone just runs away and it seems like I can never catch them

J-35D is more fun^^ also outperforms in loadout and flight characteristics.

How did you can turn on the radar gunsight so fast. I am grinding with F5E too and does not know how to turn it on as fast as in your video.

6:29 I'm sorry but the amount of F-4S's and then you panning right to immediately see like seven on the deck bombing has me dead lmao

Should I research the F4C or F5E ?

That's alotta F4S Phantom II's

F5E is the GOAT 🐐

The F5 alike the F16, is one of those jets where if you understand that you are death incarnate, you pretty much just need to bring more gas to stay in the fight longer xd Let's just hope the F5G and F20 aren't just unobtainable event vehicles so they can be used by literally anyone xd The F5E also has a huge advantage in ground attack during Ground RB due to it's mavericks being boresighted with the nose of the plane. Ideally though, even with the downward angling of other planes such as the A10/F16, you should be able to pre-set the boresight irl to the centerline of your plane, but alas this is impossible in wt 🙄 Thus, the F5 is for the most part superior in maverick attacks due to simplicity of aiming and larger and more obvious locking ability mavericks in third person. . . You are then really only limited by how many you can take and how fast you can spam your mavericks without having to dance your nose around to compensate for missiles that angle down xd

What flare pattern should i run?

I usually use the F5E, in sim controls (controller player) to dogfight my buddy in his MiG-29 (on a hotas) and I usually always win. He's able to pull much harder and faster than me but I still always end up on his ass and he's never able to get me off XD

My first game in it after not crewing it for so long, i got an ace against mig23s while completely stock

What about the gunpod?

i wanna play it but im not at american jets yet

my experience with 10.7 (w/KFir Canard and F-5e) always fighting 11.3 planes with PD missiles

Knowing gaijin they’ll botch the assist counts as kill if they do add it. Would be nice though

The F4F did the smart thing,he was not lame at all.He can't dogfight you and killing one more ground target gave him victory.

In the f5e you don't die because of a bad plane but because of bad teammates

F-5E is probably the only “balanced” 8.7+ plane, it doesn’t suffer against 11.0/11.3/11.7 but at the same time it’s not that scary to face in 9.7-10.0 planes as to face F-16 in MiG-21bis or to face Su-27 in Tornado/F-4S

I like your new keyboard❤

You should take 20min of fuel instead of 30. By the time you get to battle you will have about 15mins left and F-5E with low fuel feels like piloting a R-73 because of how insane its agility is.

Ah yes I love this jet

I don't miss playing it, because I'd pick the Crusader over F-5E.

took a while for you to actually make a video on it ngl

I researched the wrong trees. I went for the F15 and the F14 lines so the F5E is probably a few months away from me

its a great plane but i take zunis with the aim9j you can get some kills with them and its fun

10:24 "You have a hole in your left wing!"

whats about a gunpod?

I have a talisman on it

Best 10.7 jet in the game.

Rip now everyone knows my free sealclubber

I really hope they add the F-20 because the F-5 is already super fun so one with a more powerful engine 9Ls and aim120 would be great. It’s like Americas Gripen 😂 smol goober plane.

I wish I had jets

When I was using the premium draken to grind out the gripen I stayed away from all f5s because I can’t hit my shot with the one gun before I bleed all my speed fighting these silly Billies

Does Joob still check his patreon?

Aim9j used to be killing machines back when they were the best IR, id snipe people with them from space lmao

My enemy plane and I feel disgusting for f-5

Do you know How long it takes to get the f14 I just started with rank 5 usa and I have f4s premium account + 23 days premium account and I play like 4 hours a day

10.7 is sooo unfair, this thing is hard as fuck to lock on, gaijin is insane this premium shit should be 11.0

Out turn everyone and dominate every mid 21/23 And if you're really feeling funny you can carry a couple AGMs so if the enemy realizes he can outrun you and goes to land on the field you can lock them up from orbit and let the AGM take care of the rest

I got 6 kills with it yesterday

i routinely fight f4s mig23ml in my f5c is my match maker broken?