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...
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The Canadair CF-5 (officially designated the CF-116 Freedom Fighter) is a Canadian licensed-built Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter. It is a light, supersonic...
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The Northrop F-20 Tigershark (initially F-5G) is a prototype light fighter, designed and built by Northrop. Its development began in 1975 as a further...
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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, Northrop’s interest in the lightweight fighter concept would ultimately come to fruition with the F-5 Freedom Fighter, itself...
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HESA Azarakhsh (category 1990s Iranian fighter aircraft)
American Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger II although Iranian authorities claim it is Iran's first domestically manufactured combat jet fighter. The Azarakhsh...
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inactivated in 1947. The squadron was re-activated in 1969 as a Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter training squadron for Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots for...
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Grumman. Retrieved 2023-11-06. "Northrop F-5A Freedom Fighter". Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum. Retrieved 2023-11-06. "Grumman F-14A Tomcat | The Museum of Flight"...
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form Northrop Grumman. Northrop N-1 (USAAC flying wing bomber) Northrop N-4 (USAAF pursuit) Northrop N-5 (USAAF pursuit) Northrop N-6 (Navy fighter design)...
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The Northrop YF-17 (nicknamed "Cobra") was a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed by Northrop aviation for the United States Air Force's Lightweight...
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter Sukhoi Su-9 Sukhoi Su-11 Related lists List of Dassault Mirage III operators List of fighter aircraft List...
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The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine, stealth fighter technology demonstrator prototype designed for the United...
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final predecessor was the 10th Fighter Squadron, Commando, which performed combat testing of the Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter from April 1966 until the planes...
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can be traced back to 1952 and Northrop's N-102 Fang and N-156 fighter aircraft projects. During the mid-1950s, Northrop officials decided to adapt the...
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driven dive bomber, the Cessna A-37 Dragonfly, the F-100 Super Sabre, the Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk carrier borne light attack plane...
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The Northrop F-15 Reporter (later RF-61) was an American unarmed photographic reconnaissance aircraft. Based on the Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter...
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The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for...
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a fighter and attack aircraft (hence the F/A designation). Designed by McDonnell Douglas and Northrop, the F/A-18 was derived from the latter's YF-17...
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The Northrop P-61 Black Widow is a twin-engine United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft of World War II. It was the first operational U.S. warplane...
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (redirect from Type 77 Fighter Aircraft)
and is thus comparable to the American Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter and the French Dassault Mirage III. Its basic layout...
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December 22, 2020. Warbirds Resource Group – "Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter" [5] Retrieved 2018-06-13 "The Northrop F-5 Enthusiast Page – "Korean Air Force Units""...
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The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are a series of American supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft derived from the...
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Royal Moroccan Air Force (section F-5 upgrades)
bought in 1973, and deliveries started in 1974. Modernization of Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter with improved technology and the purchase of 24 Alpha Jet E would...
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F-86s were subsequently phased out of service in the 1970s as the Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter and Vought F-8 Crusaders became the primary fighters and...
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American North American F-86 Sabre, Northrop F-5 and the Soviet Mikoyan MiG-15. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 was a Soviet jet fighter developed shortly after...
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first used on the Northrop F-5 "Freedom Fighter" which flew in 1959, and have since become commonplace on many combat aircraft. The F/A-18 Hornet has especially...
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June 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2012. "Canadair (Northrop) CF-5A Freedom Fighter, twin engine jet fighter, Canada". Dishlevoy, Roy W. "Hatching the Snowbirds:...
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American F-100 Super Sabre fighter/ground attacker aircraft. A number of candidates were considered and these were: the Douglas A-4F Skyhawk, Northrop F-5 Freedom...
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participated in the flyoff against the Northrop YF-17 prototypes, with the F-16 winning the Air Combat Fighter (ACF) competition, as the LWF program had...
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The Northrop XP-79, USAAF project number MX-365, was a rocket and jet-powered flying wing fighter aircraft, designed by Northrop. The pilot operated the...
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second prototype flying on 23 August. Northrop's flight testing was successful, with the aircraft claimed to have "fighter-like" handling and to be a good weapon...
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