Key Points and Summary - Northrop's F-20 Tigershark was a private-venture fighter in the 1980s designed to be a highly capable, affordable, and easy-to-maintain jet for U.S. allies. -An evolution of ...

In the 1980s, Northrop unveiled the F-20 Tigershark, a lightweight fighter that many believed was the perfect aircraft for ...

The F-20, despite having many things going for it, had some key weaknesses. Those weaknesses were exploited by America’s bureaucracy to make the case that the F-16 was a better plane. Northrop’s F-20 ...

The F-20 Tigershark was canceled before reaching full-scale production, and it has since faded into obscurity. But the sleek fighter will seem familiar to most aviation enthusiasts, because the F-20 ...