F-20 Tigershark Fighter: She Could Hit Mach 2, Carry 9,000 Pounds of Weapons, and Was Dirt Cheap — the F-16 Made Sure She Had No Chance

F-20 Tigershark Fighter: She Could Hit Mach 2, Carry 9,000 Pounds of Weapons, and Was Dirt Cheap — the F-16 Made Sure She Had No Chance

Northrop built the F-20 Tigershark as a fast, affordable export fighter with Mach 2 speed, seven hardpoints and more than 9,000 pounds of carrying capacity. The aircraft worked. The market did not. A policy shift, the F-16 and no U.S. launch customer ended the program.