Northrop — 2 museum-grade prints across the catalogue. The F-5E Tiger II became the definitive lightweight export fighter of the Cold War — affordable, maintainable, and agile enough to challenge heavier opponents in skilled hands. USAF aggressor squadrons painted Tiger IIs in Soviet-style schemes to train Eagle and Viper pilots against dissimilar threats, cementing the type's reputation as the honest adversary. The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first American aircraft designed from the outset as a night fighter, entering USAAF service in 1944 with SCR-720 radar and a dedicated radar operator station. Black Widow crews hunted German night intruders over Europe and conducted interdiction missions in the Pacific.