Northrup F-5E Tiger II 74-1556
Delivered to Alconbury on 24 June 1976, and carried the ‘Old Lizard’ colour scheme. By 1983 this had been changed to a European version of the ‘Sand’ scheme used at Nellis AFB, Nevada, where one of the browns had been replaced by a green (the medium grey in the photo. By 1986 the aircraft had been repainted in the ‘Snake’ scheme.  The aircraft was transferred to the US Navy as BuNo 741556, departing Alconbury on 22 July 1988.  It was retired by the Navy in 2005. Now painted as a USAF aggressor aircraft at Evergreen Aviation Museum, McMinnville, OR. (USAF Photo by Scott R Wilson)
United States Air Force
Source:  United States Air Force Photo, Alconbury Agressors, Jan van Waarde