F-20 Tigershark: The Fantastic Fighter That Never Had a Chan

When President Ronald Reagan entered office in 1981, he slowly began rolling back Jimmy Carter’s export limitations. As a result, the U.S. began exporting capable and proven fighters like the F-16, and suddenly, there wasn’t much of a market for the F-20. The F-20 program was canceled, with only three airframes having been built.

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