WARBIRDTECH No 44 NORTHROP F-5/F-20/T-38

The F-5, an all-out air superiority fighter, possessed remarkable performance to match its classy looks. It has served US 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 US Navy as aggressor training aircraft at its famous Top Gun school. The T-38 trainer had the same sleek lines 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 photographs in this book depict F-5, T-38 and the F-20s in many guises. Technical drawings and detail photographs show their inner workings. Colour photographs capture variations in camouflage and markings since 1959.