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At Mach 2.1 and $9 million, the F-20 Tigershark cost a quarter of an F-14 — 40 years later, the US has never built anything like it

In 1983, Northrop unveiled a Mach 2.1 fighter that cost $9 million — one quarter the price of an F-14 Tomcat — built on ...
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Grounded dreams: Northrop F-20 Tigershark, one of the best fighters that never went into production

In the early 1980s, the US Air Force evaluated a fighter jet built to be reliable, simple to fly, and inexpensive to maintain. This jet could enter combat within a minute after takeoff and climb to 53 ...