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How are modern aircraft wings designed?
Today, aircraft wings are increasingly designed to prioritize stealth characteristics over raw speed—giving them a smooth, unbroken connection to the aircraft’s main fuselage. The wing of a fighter ...
Here’s a rare look at “magic” of the F-15 Eagle’s moving air intakes. The video in this post is quite remarkable: shot during a recent rehearsals of the Gifu Air Base Air Festival (that will take ...
The final member of the Grumman cat family, the F-14 Tomcat, with its signature variable-geometry wings and twin-engine design, became an iconic symbol of the Cold War. A product of the “Grumman Iron ...
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The F-14 Tomcat Wasn’t Built for Dogfighting. It Was Great at It Anyway.
Many of the F-14’s design innovations were intended for long-range strike missions—but served it well in close-quarters combat, too.
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