F-14 Tomcat: The Iconic Fighter Jet That Defined an Era The F ... the F-14 was flown with one wing swept forward, and one wing swept back – to make sure the jet could operate in the case of ...

The F-106 performed well, with Mach 2.3 speed, a 57,000-foot service ceiling, and a 29,000-foot per minute climbing rate. Yet ...

Summary and Key Points: Northrop Grumman’s X-29, an experimental fighter jet from ... it dated back further. Both the U.S. and Nazi Germany experimented with forward-swept wings during the ...

a variable-sweep wing aircraft that never flew and was captured by U.S. troops in 1945. Researchers found that as the X-5’s wings swept from a 20- to a 60-degree angle, the airplane’s center ...

A fighter jet made from recycled plane parts is now operational, after more than two years of repairs, the U.S. Air Force announced Wednesday. The F-35A warplane has been dubbed "Frankenjet ...

One of the biggest attractions will be the Thunderbird fighter jets, which touched down ... they’ll see the aircraft in flight. This aircraft has a significant swept wing compared to most U.S.

It's the difference between slicing salami straight across or cutting it at an angle: A swept wing is like salami cut ... as piloted X-aircraft for pure research—as distinguished from military ...