The experimental Su-47 Russian demonstrator fighter jet was somewhat of a short-lived demonstrator, yet numerous public accounts suggest that its innovations propelled development of the country's two ...

Suppose the identical quality that renders a fighter aircraft revolutionary is also the one that keeps it from ever actually flying as a weapon of war. The Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut is a stark case history ...

The Panavia Tornado was designed for speed, and its swept-wing configuration makes high-speed passes especially dramatic. During fast flybys, the jet slices through the air with a deep engine roar ...

All the Facts: The Russian Su-47, with its unique forward-swept wings, stands out as one of the most recognizable aircraft in the world. While forward-swept wings were explored in mid-century ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. America's first swept-wing jet fighter, the F-86 Sabre joined the ranks of great fighter aircraft during combat ...

But the variable-sweep wing design seems to have gone out of fashion most recently. As the name suggests, “variable-sweep” wings are aircraft wings that can be adjusted to different degrees of ...