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The F-20 Tigershark: How America’s Forgotten Fighter Fell Victim to Politics and Progress

The F-20 started development in 1975. The aircraft had a single engine. The aircraft would have been easier to maintain and ...
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The F-20 Tigershark Light Fighter Boiled Down to 4 Words

Northrop’s F-20 Tigershark began as the F-5G: a single-engine, low-cost export fighter with an F404 engine, APG-67 radar, Sparrow capability, and Mach-2 performance. -Impressive and fast to field, it ...