Fatal crash after ingesting a Buzzard during take-off. The pilot missed the arresting cable and ended up in one of the ditches outside the airfield. It had been the special 40 years 322 sqn aircraft just months earlier..
After the F-104 was withdrawn from use the NF-5 had to take over the quick reaction alert duties until the F-16 became operational. Armed with live Sidewinders suddenly the NF-5 looked like a real fighter.