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On the other hand, as a result of the 1990 accident, all twin-seaters are sent to the CASA Getafe Factory to be maintained and renovated. A new modernisation program in 2008 intended to extend their operational life until 2025, receiving glass cockpits and [[Ejection seat|zero-zero ejection seats]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Calvo |first=Luis |date=2018-06-06 |title=CASA Northrop F-5B |url=https://fly-news.es/especial-75o-aniversario-aga/casa-northrop-f-5b/ |access-date=2024-03-10 |website=Fly News |language=es}}</ref>
 
As of the early 2020s, Spain has a fleet of about 20 F-5s that it is planning to operate until at least 2028, as no replacement has yet been found. The aircraft have been in service about 50 years and with continued maintenance have several years left of service.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Spain will operate the Northrop F5 light fighters until 2028 |url=https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2023/03/02/spain-will-operate-the-northrop-f-5-light-fighters-until-2028/ |access-date=2024-04-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
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Since 2013, Tunisian F-5s have been used in strike missions in support of major [[Chaambi Operations|military offensives in the border region of Mount Chaambi]] against [[Ansar al-Sharia (Tunisia)|Ansar al-Sharia]] and [[Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb|al-Qaeda]]-linked militants.<ref>Chennoufi, A. [http://www.tunivisions.net/45214/235/149/tunisie-regions-bombardements-aerien-et-terrestre-des-refuges-de-53-terroristes-a-jebal-chaambi-a-l-aide-d-avions-f-5.html "Tunisia Regions: air and land bombardments shelters 53 terrorists Jebal Châambi using F-5."]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} ''tunivisions.net'', 2 August 2013. Retrieved: 23 December 2014.</ref><ref>Abdelmoumen, Khalil. [http://www.webdo.tn/2014/04/24/chaambi-pilonnage-intensif-laide-f5/ "Jebel Chaâmbi: Intensive shelling using F5."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224071530/http://www.webdo.tn/2014/04/24/chaambi-pilonnage-intensif-laide-f5/ |date=24 December 2014}} ''webdo'', 24 April 2014. Retrieved: 23 December 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webdo.tn/2013/08/12/les-chasseurs-f-5-entrent-en-action-a-jebel-samama/|title=Les chasseurs F-5 entrent en action à Jebel Samama|date=12 August 2013|access-date=5 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816094903/http://www.webdo.tn/2013/08/12/les-chasseurs-f-5-entrent-en-action-a-jebel-samama/|archive-date=16 August 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
 
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F-5s were used by the Libyan Air Force at [[Wheelus Air Base]] in [[Tripoli, Libya]] from 1968 to 1969.{{citation needed|date=April 2022}}
 
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[[File:Northrop F-5B-2000 Freedom Fighter, Turkey - Air Force JP7137251.jpg|thumb|Turkish Air Force F-5B]]
[[File:ROCAF F-5E 5272 Display at Chih Hang Air Force Base Apron 20130601a.jpg|thumb|A Republic of China Air Force F-5E at Chih Hang Air Force Base]]
 
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*[[Bahrain Air Force]] received eight F-5Es and two F-5Fs in between 1985 and 1987.<ref name="WAPJ 25 p90">{{harvnb|Lake|Hewson|1996|p=90}}</ref> As of 2023 they operate 12 F-5E/Fs for conversion training.<ref>2024 World Air Forces, Flight Global, p.13</ref>
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*73-00852 (R1033) (Vietnam Air Force) – [[Polish Aviation Museum]], [[Kraków]]<ref>[http://skrzydla.org/showphoto.php?photo_id=63894&cd=145301d5d6f182271631dcc064ff9fd8 "F-5 Freedom Fighter/73-00852."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222000219/http://skrzydla.org/showphoto.php?photo_id=63894&cd=145301d5d6f182271631dcc064ff9fd8 |date=22 February 2014}} ''skrzydla.org.'' Retrieved: 6 May 2013.</ref>
 
'''<big>===Saudi Arabia</big>'''===
[[File:F-5E in the Saudi Air Force Museum.jpg|thumb|F-5E in the Royal Saudi Air Force Museum]]
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'''F-5E''' [[Northrop F-5|F-5]]E5E Tiger II at [[Royal Saudi Air Force Museum]]{{cn|date=July 2024}}
 
'''<big>===Singapore</big>'''===
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*At [[Singapore Air Force Museum]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/web/portal/rsaf/about-the-rsaf/air-force-museum |title=Air Force Museum|publisher=Ministry of Defense, Singapore|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>

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