Arrow-shaped wing found on combat aircraft; the angle it forms with the fuselage can be changed in flight.

Most jet fighters of the period (and to this day) used a swept-wing or delta-wing planform.

Most jet fighters of the period (and to this day) used a swept-wing or delta-wing platform.

In the early 1950s, Sabre 2s serving with the RCAF were the only swept-wing fighters in NATO.

Convair complied by replacing the wings on a B-36F with swept wings, from which were suspended eight Pratt & Whitney XJ57-P-3 jet engines.

An unusual forward-swept wing-design powered by three J35-GE turbojets, the project was developed in parallel with Convair's XB-46.

In the early 1950s, Sabre 2s serving with the RCAF were the only swept-wing fighters in NATO.

The B-1B fills the role of a long-range supersonic strategic bomber and it is the only variable swept-wing aircraft still in service with the USAF.

On the basis of German research that recognized the superiority of a swept wing design at high speeds, and the existing MiG-9, the engineers redesigned the project.

As an airliner it would have similar seating capacity to the Comet, but its swept wing would give it higher cruising speed and better range.

In the airliner role it would have similar seating capacity to the Comet, but its swept wing planform would give it considerably higher cruising speeds, and better range.