- "If you're an overambitious pilot, this is your plane. Light handling and good acceleration at a fair price."
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark is a recurring aircraft in the Airforce Delta series, it appears in all three Airforce Delta games, and is usable by Ruth Valentine in Airforce Delta Strike.
Origin (Real-Life)[]
The Northrop F-20 Tigershark is an advancement to the F-5E Tiger II, designed for export purposes. It was a privately funded light fighter craft. It replaced the engines with a more powerful single engine that provided many improvements, as well as giving it improved avionics and weapons capabilities. It competed fiercely with the F-16 Falcon. However, after several years with no buyers, the 1.2 billion dollar project was cancelled.
Design[]
As to be expected, the craft bears more than a resemblance to the F-5E; the same body type and all. However, instead of the twin-engined design of the Tiger, the Tigershark possesses a single, powerful engine.
Performance[]
Airforce Delta[]
A decent early-game plane. Stats are good all around, except for defense (Which is amusingly worse than the F-5E's defense). It can serve you... Alright, though the MiG-29 and F-16 you unlock in the next level after you unlock this will... Basically replace it, unfortunately.
Airforce Delta Storm[]
A complete joke. Don't even bother with this thing. It's unlocked in the second chapter, after you would have unlocked MANY great planes. Hell, it's unlocked in the same damn mission as the F/A-18E Super Hornet! Don't bother with this turd. All of its stats are mediocre, except for Speed, and it has a piss poor range to kill any redeemable qualities it might have had.
Airforce Delta Strike[]
It's... Okay? It's alright for when you unlock it. It's strictly a fighter, so don't try and go for ground targets thanks to this thing's pathetic HP. It does have decent mobility, and a decent special weapon in the HM-AAM. However, once you unlock the Su-30MKI, this thing will become absolutely worthless by comparison, as that plane is basically this, but better in every way. It's a multirole with great defense, better mobility and thrust, and better... Everything.
Statistics[]
Airforce Delta[]
| Type | Stats |
|---|---|
| Speed: | High |
| Power: | Medium-high |
| Defense: | Medium-low |
| Mobility: | Medium-high |
Airforce Delta Storm[]
| Type | Stats |
|---|---|
| Attack: | Low |
| Defense: | Medium-low (1850 HP) |
| Speed: | High |
| Power: | Medium |
| Mobility: | Medium-high |
| Missile: | 40 |
| Ability: | No |
| Range: | 1 |
Note: There are no differences in stats between the US and PAL versions.
Airforce Delta Strike[]
(Clockwise starting from top)
| Type | Stats |
|---|---|
| Anti Air Attack: | High |
| Mobility: | Medium-high |
| Defense: | Low (1700 HP) |
| Anti Ground Attack: | Very low |
| Thrust: | Low |
| Speed: | Medium |
Enemy Appearances (Missions)[]
Airforce Delta[]
- A recurring target F-20 appears in Dogfight and Ceasefire Conference Security. Non-required F-20s appear in Escort Mission and The Mountain Base. (Though it is highly recommended to kill the F-20s in Escort Mission due to the nature of the level)
Airforce Delta Storm[]
- Enemy F-20s appear in Nullify the Spy Planes and Streets of Rust. They are targets in both missions.
Gallery[]
Airforce Delta[]
.png "F-20 Enemy AFD 1 (emblem).png (476 KB)")
.png "F-20 Enemy AFD 2 (emblem).png (417 KB)")
.png "F-20 Enemy AFD 3 (emblem).png (517 KB)")
.png "F-20 Enemy AFD 4 (emblem).png (633 KB)")
Airforce Delta Storm[]
.png "Northrop F-20 Tigershark (1).png (522 KB)")
.png "Northrop F-20 Tigershark (2).png (357 KB)")
.png "F-20 Enemy AFD Storm (Emblem).png (974 KB)")
.png "AFD2 F-20A Player (2).png (696 KB)")
.png "AFD2 F-20A Player (3).png (643 KB)")
.png "AFD2 F-20A Player (4).png (752 KB)")
.png "AFD2 F-20A Player (5).png (568 KB)")
Airforce Delta Strike[]
Trivia[]
- This plane has the same price in both the original Airforce Delta and Airforce Delta Storm.
- The player's color scheme in Airforce Delta is based on the F-20A flown by Shin Kazama in Area 88. This color scheme also appears very frequently in the Ace Combat series of games.