프랑스로부터 중고 미라지 2000 12대를 구매했던 브라질이 사우디로부터 9대의 중고 F-5를 구매한다고 합니다. 총 2,400만 달러(1대당 265만 달러) 규모이고, 보유중인 46대를 Embraer사와 이스라엘의 Elbit사가 함께 업그레이드 한다고 하네요. 아마도 F-5BR을 얘기하는듯... 이외에도 남아공과 1억 달러의 개발비를 투자하여 단거리 A-Darter 타입의 공대공 미사일을 개발한다고 합니다. " http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=77798&d=14&m=2&y=2006 " Brazil to Buy Saudi F-5 Jets, Make Missiles With S. Africa Mohamad Daoud, Arab News    SAO PAULO, 14 February 2006 — Brazil will buy 9 used F-5 jet fighters from Saudi Arabia and build an air-to-air missile with South Africa, a leading Brazilian newspaper reported, citing military sources. Brazil’s airforce will invest $100 million to develop the short-range A-Darter type missile in a deal between Brazil’s Mectron and South Africa’s Denel Aerospace, the daily O Estado de Sao Paulo reported, citing air force commander-in-chief Carlos Bueno. The nine used fighter jets from Saudi Arabia will cost $24 million, the newspaper reported. They will be upgraded using the same technology Brazil’s giant Embraer is using to upgrade 46 other planes with the Israeli company Elbit, according to the paper. In july Brazil purchased 12 Mirage 2000 combat jets from France. The missile project follows the passing of a law authorizing the air force to shoot down aircraft used by drug traffickers over its vast territory. No such incidents have occurred since the law was put in place in 2004.