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 ...

From the sleek lines of WWII prototypes to the variable-sweep wings of Cold War legends, military aircraft design has always been a blend of art and engineering. Each plane tells a story of the era’s ...

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

Here’s What You Need to Know: Lessons learned from the X-5 design proved to be useful both for the United States Air Force and for foreign airplane designs. The X-5 was likely the world’s first ...