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The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a ... which provided the foundation for the F-5's low operating cost and long ...
The Canadair CF-5 (officially designated the CF-116 Freedom Fighter) is a Canadian licensed-built Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter. It is a light, supersonic, twin engine, daylight air superiority fighter primarily for the Canadian Forces (as the CF-5) and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (as the NF-5).
The first 500 production examples cost an average of $860,000 ... such as the Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter and the F-4 Phantom II, ...
Northrop continued to build much of the F-18 fuselage and other systems after this period, but also returned to the original F-5 design with yet another new engine to produce the F-20 Tigershark as a low-cost aircraft. This garnered little interest in the market, and the project was dropped.
Northrop F-5 The Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G ) is a prototype light fighter , designed and built by Northrop . Its development began in 1975 as a further evolution of Northrop's F-5E Tiger II , featuring a new engine that greatly improved overall performance, and a modern avionics suite including a powerful and flexible radar .
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark was an update of the F-5 intended for the export market, but lost out to the F-16 and never entered production. In the 1980s the privately developed F-5G, later renamed the Northrop F-20 Tigershark, aimed to correct weaknesses in the aging F-5 while maintaining small size and low cost. Its empty weight was 6,000 kg ...
On April 10, 2019, Air Force Chief of Staff Liu Jen-yuan stated that the Air Force is asking for a total of 66 new-build F-16Vs from the U.S. to replace its aging and obsolete F-5 fighters. [63] On August 20, 2019, the sale of F-16Vs was approved by the State Department and submitted to Congress for approval. [ 64 ]
Northrop: The YF-17 was the culmination of several Northrop designs, beginning with the N-102 Fang; continuing through the F-5 family. 1974 Never 2 F-15E Strike Eagle: Multirole strike fighter: McDonnell Douglas(1985–1997) Boeing Defense, Space & Security(1997–present) Evolution of the F-15 Eagle 1986 1988 1989 . 525 F-15EX Eagle II