Northrop YF-17
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The Northrop YF-17 is a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed by Northrop aviation for the United States Air Force's Lightweight Fighter technology evaluation program. The LWF was initiated
YF-17 in 1976 during a demonstration flight
Frontal view of Northrop YF-17
An air-to-air right side view of a YF-16 aircraft and a YF-17 aircraft, side-by-side, armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles
YF-17 72–1570 at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama
Northrop F-5
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The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation. There are two main models: the original F-
Northrop YF-17
…for many combat roles. The YF-17 was the culmination of a long line of Northrop designs, beginning with the N-102 Fang in 1956, continuing through the F-5 family. Although it lost the LWF competition to the YF-16, now F-16 Fighting Falcon, the YF-17 was selected for the new Naval Fighter Attack Experimental…
An F-5E of the Swiss Air Force
The first Northrop YF-5A prototype
Official roll-out of first USAF F-5E Tiger II
F-5E Tiger II with B83 nuclear bomb at Hill Aerospace Museum