If there’s an easy way to identify the MiG-27, it’s the sweep-wings. Much like the more famous (and easier to recognize) F-14 Tomcat, the Flogger features wings that can sweep forward to ...

This is the story of a Russian fighter-jet concept with bizarre forwardly-swept wings ... an R-27 right to the face by better-trained Ukrainian pilots in their far inferior MiG-29s and Su-27s.

Summary and Key Points: The Russian Su-47, with its distinct forward-swept wings ... were all taken directly from the Su-27. With canards leading the wings, the Su-47 is extremely maneuverable.

In fact, it was only the third such aircraft with forward-swept wings to actually take to the air—following the Nazi Junkers Ju 287 in 1944 and preceding the HFB-320 Hansa Jet in 1964.

Swept wings are nothing new, but one lesser known fact about them is that when it comes to making the wing appear thin to the air, sweeping the wings forward is as good as sweeping them aft.

The IAF's Swing-Wing fighter jet MiG-27 flew its last sortie at the Jodhpur ... Marking the end of the variable sweep (Swing-Wing) era of the IAF. Swing-Wing is an airplane wing, or set of ...