Photograph caption reads: "Northrop unwraps latest entry in fighter war: The Northrop Corp. yesterday unveiled its $9 million Tigershark fighter plane, the first financed entirely with private-sector money. The first test flight for the F-5G Tigershark is scheduled for September at Edwards Air Force Base. The Tigershark tactical defense fighter is the successor aircraft to Northrop's series of F-5 fighters now in service on order by 30 countries, Northrop said in a statement. But even as the plane was displayed, Pentagon and industry officials say the Defense Department has settled on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat as the Navy's premier fighter, a key decision nation's military." Photograph dated: Aug. 2, 1982.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
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