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Northrop F-20 TIGERSHARK
In 1980, the United States Government began a program to carry out a fighter aircraft for the export market. The program was baptized as “FX” and was focused on equipping Taiwan Air Force with a new aircraft, modern but not installed with the newest USAF technology. There were two contenders, General Dynamics with the F-16/79 fighter and Northrop with the F-5G fighter. In 1982 Northrop requested the change of the F-5G designation for the new F-20, so that its aircraft would abandon the label of being “the FX fighter” and be able to compete in the international market with all the options, and not as a low-cost fighter, which was intended with the FX program. Thus was born the F-20 Tigershark.
F-20 TIGERSHARK gallery and more info
