When Boeing Co. beat out Lockheed Aircraft Corp. for the prize of building the U.S. supersonic jet transport, it was on the basis of a venturesome swing-wing concept that many aeronautical designers ...

Key Points - The Soviet Mikoyan MiG-23 "Flogger," a variable-sweep wing fighter designed in the late 1960s to succeed the MiG-21, became the most produced swing-wing aircraft, boasting Mach 2+ speed, ...

Key Points and Summary on MiG-23 - The MiG-23 "Flogger" was the Soviet Union's ambitious attempt to counter Western air power with a versatile, swing-wing fighter. -Designed for high-speed ...

Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy developed the F-14 Tomcat in response to the need for an interceptor capable of countering long-range Soviet threats in the 1960s. -The Tomcat, one of the largest ...

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Often called upon to perform missions across significant distances, the F-111 had a large fuel capacity and efficient turbofan engines. The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark was ahead of its time, ...