A closer look at the reasoning behind the plane's iconic swing-wing mechanism.

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 ...

The F-111 was one of the most advanced combat aircraft of the Cold War. Lockheed Martin notes it was the first production ...

The winner-take-all nature of aerial combat means the slightest edge can be the difference between victory and death. Power, maneuverability, agility, armor, and armament were all key components of a ...