Summary and Key Points: The F-16 SFW (Forward-Swept Wing) was an experimental fighter developed by General Dynamics in the 1970s as part of DARPA’s Forward Swept Wing Program. Designed to reduce drag ...

Russia’s Experimental Su-47 Fighter: Better for Hobbyists Instead of Pilots: This is an airplane hobbyist’s dream. Most if not all fighter planes in a collection of miniatures have backward-swept ...

The X-29 experimental aircraft, developed during the 1980s, stands as one of the boldest attempts in aviation history to explore the limits of the forward-swept wing design. Built through a ...

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 ...