F-5

From 1919 to 1923, Lloyd Loar worked for the Gibson company, making F-5 mandolins whose quality has never been matched, according to everyone, including mandolin hero Ricky Skaggs, who played at the BB King Blues Club a few weeks ago.

Daniel Menaker: Mandolins Daniel Menaker 2011

From 1919 to 1923, Lloyd Loar worked for the Gibson company, making F-5 mandolins whose quality has never been matched, according to everyone, including mandolin hero Ricky Skaggs, who played at the BB King Blues Club a few weeks ago.

Daniel Menaker: Mandolins Daniel Menaker 2011

This one took place on April 8, 1998, an F-5 tornado that mowed a three-quarter-mile-wide swath through Jefferson County, just a few miles from our little home on the Warrior River, so close that we had to drive through several ruined neighborhoods almost daily.

Full Frame Mike Handley 2011

From 1919 to 1923, Lloyd Loar worked for the Gibson company, making F-5 mandolins whose quality has never been matched, according to everyone, including mandolin hero Ricky Skaggs, who played at the BB King Blues Club a few weeks ago.

Daniel Menaker: Mandolins Daniel Menaker 2011

The F-16 meeting comes days after two Taiwan F-5 jets crashed into a mountainside, killing three pilots.

White House Briefs Congress Staff on Taiwan Nathan Hodge 2011

The aging of Taiwan's fleet of fighters came into stark focus this week with the crash of two U.S.-built F-5 fighters, which it first put into service in the 1970s and still uses for training and reconnaissance missions.

China's growing might adds urgency to Taiwan arms calls Reuters 2011

The aging of Taiwan's fleet of fighters came into stark focus this week with the crash of two U.S.-built F-5 fighters, which it first put into service in the 1970s and still uses for training and reconnaissance missions.

China's growing might adds urgency to Taiwan arms calls Reuters 2011

The aging of Taiwan's fleet of fighters came into stark focus this week with the crash of two U.S.-built F-5 fighters, which it first put into service in the 1970s and still uses for training and reconnaissance missions.

China's growing might adds urgency to Taiwan arms calls Reuters 2011

The aging of Taiwan's fleet of fighters came into stark focus this week with the crash of two U.S.-built F-5 fighters, which it first put into service in the 1970s and still uses for training and reconnaissance missions.

China's growing might adds urgency to Taiwan arms calls Reuters 2011

Water damage and lack of electricity temporarily shut the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum downtown, but its collection — including vintage recordings, Elvis Presley's gold-plated Cadillac and Bill Monroe's Gibson F-5 Master Model mandolin — "was never in danger," says media relations director Tina Wright.

Flooding forces Grand Ole Opry to move broadcasts 2010