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 ...

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 ...