However, in 1981, DARPA rejected the design in favor of Grumman’s X-29, a forward-swept wing aircraft made possible by ...

Extensive wind tunnel data confirmed that the swept wing design was quite effective. Urgently, Schairer wired back to Boeing. “Stop the bomber design,” Schairer wrote. The new bomber ...

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.

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.

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 ...

Unlike other Cold War aircraft, built with aggressively swept wings, the A-1 featured perfectly straight, low-mounted wings. The straight wings allowed for adept maneuvering at low speeds ...

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 ...