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However, even though it didn't get adopted, the Tiger 2000 pioneered something for the rest of the 4th Gen F-5Es: the removal of a gun in favor of better avionics, radar equipment, RWR etc. As it turns out, there's a lot of room for activities in an F-5E gun bay. [16/?]
The CF-5A was a downgrade of the F-5A Freedom Fighter. I'm discussing the F-5E Tiger II here, a larger airplane than the A with almost no parts commonality. I'm so tired of people judging the F-5E based on Canada's poor experience with the CF-5A
The larger antenna dish gave the IDF a shoot-down ability better than the F-20, matching that of the F-16. It could also track 10 targets while simultaneously engaging two using TC-2s, which are Taiwan's AMRAAMs. Not bad for 1989. [13/?]
The IDF was so successful that AIDC decided to cram its systems architecture into an F-5E. In 2000, they borrowed a C-config F-5E and made the Tiger 2000: an F-5E with HOTAS, 1553, a GD-53, and capable of carrying a single centerline TC-2. This is the first 4th Gen F-5E [14/?]
Okay, got home and decided to finish talking about the F-20, so we can focus on other F-5Es later. One more important feature of the Tigershark that found use elsewhere was the APG-67. When Taiwan was barred from purchasing the F-20, the project effectively died. [11/?]