However, in 1981, DARPA rejected the design in favor of Grumman’s X-29, a forward-swept wing aircraft made possible by advanced carbon composites. -While the F-16 SFW never made it past the ...

For example, wings that are swept back and held flush with the fuselage of an aircraft are wonderful for enabling speed: most supersonic aircraft feature a fixed swept wing design. But while speed ...

This aircraft is equipped with a modernized KC ... Two high-bypass turbofans, mounted under 34-degree swept wings, power the KC-46A to takeoff at gross weights up to 415,000 pounds.

The Air Force inventory of 732 aircraft are more than 50 years old ... Four turbofans, mounted under 35-degree swept wings, power the KC-135 to takeoffs at gross weights of up to 322,500 pounds.

To meet these Air Force requirements Boeing will offer its XB-52, believed to look much like its six-jet B-47 medium bomber, now in production. The XB-52 has wings swept back at a 35° angle ...

Unlike the radical swept-wing design of modern U.S. jet jobs ... The Canberra was designed as a high-altitude radar bomber, can also perform all normal fighter maneuvers, and has shown ...