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*[[Swiss Air Force]]: Operating 42 F-5E and 12 F-5F Tiger II.<ref name=afmonthly>de Ridder, Dirk Jan. ''Alpine Tigers face extinction'', ''[[AirForces Monthly]]'' magazine, February 2011 issue, pp. 76–81.</ref> 110 F-5E/F12 were delivered, including 90 whose final assembly was done in Switzerland. After numerous tests, as part of the 1975 armament program, the federal parliament approved the purchase of 72 F-5 Tiger IIs in 1976, including 66 of the F-5E type (single-seater) and 6 of the F-5F type (two-seater) for the protection of airspace (formerly called air protection) for 1.17 billion Swiss francs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/einsatzmittel/luft/f5e-tiger.html |title=Northrop F-5E Tiger II |access-date=25 April 2020 |archive-date=10 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810001157/https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/einsatzmittel/luft/f5e-tiger.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The F-5 was chosen because it was easier to maintain than the F-16.<ref name="mcphee19831107">McPhee, John. [http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1983-11-07#folio=054 "La Place de la Concorde Suisse-II."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109094217/http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1983-11-07#folio=054 |date=9 November 2013}} ''The New Yorker'', 7 November 1983, p. 55. Retrieved: 22 July 2013.</ref> A second tranche of 38 Tigers, including six two-seaters (F-5F), were ordered as part of the 1981 armament program for 770 million Swiss francs. The last aircraft in this series rolls off the assembly line at F+W Emmen in 1984.<ref>'''SWISS TIGERS''' by Emiel Snoot</ref>
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*[[Royal Thai Air Force]]: 30 F-5A/B/C retired. Now operating about 40 F-5E/F/T, F-5s from 701st Sq. retired and replaced by 12 [[JAS 39 Gripen]]s. The last F-5 fleet, upgraded into F-5TH and F-5THF in 211st Sq. continue to serve until 2025–2030.{{citation needed|reason=Entry needs citing.|date=January 2016}}
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*[[Tunisian Air Force]]: Eight F-5E and four F-5F Tiger II were delivered in 1984–1985. The TAF received five ex-USAF F-5E in 1989.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} Eleven F-5Es and 3 F-5Fs were in service as of December 2021.<ref name="waf22p31">{{harvnb|Hoyle|2021|p=31}}</ref>
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*[[Yemeni Air Force]]: inherited [[Yemen Arab Republic|North Yemen]]'s F-5 fleet in 1994. Only half a dozen F-5s were still operational as of the early 2010s.<ref>{{harvnb|Cooper|2018|p=29}}</ref> 11 F-5Es and 2 F-5B two seaters were operational in 2023.<ref>2024 World Air Forces, Flight Global, p.34</ref>
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