Originally Posted by
FakePilot
Didn't the F5 influence the development of the F18? As in A+B model.
The F18 was developed from Northrop's YF-17, whose wing had a familial resemblence to the one on the F5, but is bigger and has an angled trailing edge
There is a line of (paper) development from F-5E to N500 to N530 to YF17.
Wikipedia has a basic timeline:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-17