Long before the F-35 solved vertical flight in a practical way, the U.S. Navy was experimenting with something far stranger: ...

Fighter plane tails were dramatically reshaped after the advent of “fly-by-wire” controls, rendering the aircraft’s stability irrelevant. What’s in a tail? The tail of a fighter aircraft, specifically ...

One of the most striking features of the Northrop B-2 Spirit compared with aircraft that came before it is the absence of a tail. This is a design element that is being retained on the incoming B-21 ...