5 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Fleet Readiness Center Southeast (FRCSE) recently sold its first F-5N Tiger II, an adversarial training aircraft primarily flown by Navy and Marine Corps squadrons. "We know how critical the F-5 is to training the Fleet, and as a command, we're incredibly proud to support the maintenance of this aircraft," said FRCSE's Commanding Officer Col. Fred Schenk. "Since the induction of the first F-5, we've made significant headway in various maintenance procedures that will help to sustain this aircraft through its service life." FRCSE inducted this aircraft on March 4, 2020, the third of nine jets currently undergoing Planned Depot Maintenance (PDM) – a process that is an in depth inspection of the aircraft in known problematic areas for corrosion and metal fatigue, two common issues seen in aging aircraft. The depot expects five more inductions in FY21.