Northrop’s design methodology with the F-20 Tigershark—build a great fighter jet first and worry about sales later—was a ...

History is filled with U.S. military fighter jets that looked good in the testing stages but would not get to serve. The F-20 is an excellent example of this: a great plane that never made it past the ...

What began as Northrup's F-5G and eventually became known as the F-20 Tigershark was a light fighter with advanced avionics which was easier to maintain and much less expensive to procure and operate ...