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.

The swing wing design allowed jets to adjust their wing configuration, maximizing the aircraft's performance under various ...

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: The 1996 unveiling of the Sukhoi Su-47 Berkut, a tech demonstrator with forward-swept wings, sparked widespread ... Mikoyan i Gurevich worked on the MiG 1.44, which arrived nine years ...

Last Seen at MAKS in 2007, The Experimental Su-47 Tested Forward Swept Wings and Other Advanced Technologies ... MAKS 2019 runs from Tuesday, August 27 through September 1.

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 ...

“At 72-degree sweep, the MiG-27s could strike targets and swiftly exit the combat zone. In that wing position, the fighter looked like an arrowhead,” said Nohwar. The IAF operated 165 MiG-27 ...

The X-29 was designed to test a forward-swept wing and close-coupled canard ... high-speed gyrodyne (Flight International, 21-27 February). After a tortuous history that saw Boeing’s X-37 ...

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 ...