Nature of close air support and its operational criteria are defined, together with resultant aircraft design requirements; approach toward evaluation of cost effectiveness of close support aircraft requires examination of acquisition costs, maintenance and operations costs, aircraft responsiveness, effectiveness, and vulnerability; Northrop F-5 tactical fighter is examined for its close support capabilities; it is concluded that, because of original design approach, F-5 meets all close support fighter aircraft requirements.
Northrop F-5 tactical fighter in close support role
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1965 Fighter
1965
13 pages
Conference paper
English
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