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Northrop F-5/F-20/T-38 - WarbirdTech Volume 44 (WarbirdTech) by Frederick A. Johnsen is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In the late 1950s, an era when some Cold War allies still flew cast-off World War II propeller-driven bombers and fighters, Northrop seized on the need to deliver modern warplanes with modest maintenance requirements. The shapers of American foreign policy needed an economical way to give allies supersonic performance. The U.S. Air Force and Navy only tangentially used the F-5, but decades of new American fliers honed their skills on the similar T-38 variant, a high-performance training aircraft. The F-5, an all-out air superiority fighter, possesses remarkable performance to match its classy good looks. It has served U.S. allies (and a few former allies like Iran) for decades. Many still fly, including F-5Es, F-5Fs, and modified F-5Ns used by the U.S. Navy as aggressor training aircraft at its famous Top Gun school. The T-38 carries the sleek lines into the training world. And the powerful single-engine F-20, the ultimate iteration of this Northrop line, brought the basic F-5 premise forward into a new era. Vintage and modern photos in this WarbirdTech volume depict F-5s, T-38s, and the few F-20s in many guises; technical drawings and detail photos show the inner workings. Declass

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Author

Frederick A. Johnsen

Publisher

Specialty Press Publishers and Wholesalers

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9781580070942

Category

history

Subjects

Military, History, Government_military

Rating

4.1 / 5 (8 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14