Northrop

Northrop F-20 Tigershark

Fighter

  • First flight1982
  • StatusPrototype
  • Number built3
Technical data

Specifications

01

Crew & dimensions

Crew
1
Length
47 ft 4 in
Wingspan
27 ft 11.875 in
Height
13 ft 10.25 in
02

Performance

Maximum speed
1,147 kn, Mach 2
Range
320 nmi
Service ceiling
56,800 ft
03

Powerplant

Powerplant
1 × General Electric F404-GE-100 afterburning turbofan engine (11,000 lbf / 17,000 lbf with afterburner)
04

Armament

Armament
Guns: 2 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Pontiac M39A3 cannons in the nose, 280 rounds each and a General Electric 30 mm gun pod which can be mounted on the fuselage; Bombs: Various air-to-ground ordnance such as Mark 80 series of unguided iron bombs (including 3 kg and 14 kg practice bombs), CBU-24/49/52/58 cluster bomb munitions, M129 Leaflet bomb; Rockets: 2 × CRV7 rocket pods or, 2 × LAU-10 rocket pods with 4 × Zuni 5 in (127 mm) rockets each or, 2 × Matra rocket pods with 18 × SNEB 68 mm rockets each; Missiles: 2 × AIM-9 Sidewinders on wing tip launch rails (similar to F-16 and F/A-18), Up to 2 × AIM-7