2021年3月11日 · Despite the $1.2 billion investment into the program, Northrop managed to stay afloat due to its involvement in the F/A-18 Hornet, as well as the B-2 strategic bomber, and the …

2022年5月24日 · The Northrop F-20 was a major what-if of the late cold-war. Developed in the 1980s as a cheap-and-cheery modernized F-5 Tiger, the 20 turned out to be more like an F-16 …

2023年6月29日 · The F16 meanwhile is a brand new airframe with revolutionary designs and massive growth potential, even though its early production models had considerably inferior …

2022年9月18日 · The Tigershark was designed to meet these needs.” - Tom Martin and Rachel Schmidt. 1987 RAND Corporation Case Study. Northrop lobbied the DoD to designate the …

2021年2月22日 · Once the F-20 moniker had been adopted, the aircraft had been upgraded to better compete, but everyone just wanted f-16s at that point. I do think this time period …

2023年8月7日 · The F-20 was made to fill a capability gap in the export market to complement President Carter's export policies. This essentially put the F-20 (or F-5G) against a …

2024年2月27日 · A Northrop F-20 Tigershark launching a AIM-7F Sparrow missile at an MQM-74C target drone over the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, February 27th …

Northrop had high hopes for the F-20 in the international market, but policy changes following Ronald Reagan's election meant the F-20 had to compete for sales against aircraft like the F …

2021年6月26日 · An investigation cleared the F-20 of mechanical or design faults; it concluded Cornell had blacked out due to excessive g-forces.[43] GI1001 crashed in May 1985 at Goose …

2024年1月20日 · Northrop F-20 Tigershark launching a AIM-7F Sparrow missile on 27 February 1985. r/FighterJets ...