Northrop F-5/F-20/T-38

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Автор: Frederick A. Johnsen

Название: Northrop F-5/F-20/T-38

Серия: Warbird Tech Series №44

Издательство: Specialty Press

Год: 2006

Страниц: 108

Язык: английский

Формат: pdf

ISBN: 978-1580070942

Размер: 70 Мб

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Выпуск содержит рассказ об истории создания самолета, о его конструкции, об эксплуатации и боевом применении, содержит большое количество редких ч/б и цветных фотографий самолета, в т.ч. и в деталях, а также схемы и чертежи отдельных узлов.

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. Declassified documents illuminate the story of USAF F-5s combat-tested in Vietnam. Color photos capture variations in camouflage and markings since 1959.