The Vought XF5U "Flying Pancake" was a radical Navy fighter that promised extreme performance but arrived just as jet aircraft took over, ending one of aviation's boldest experiments before it ever ...

The Northrop XP-79 flying wing promised a radical interceptor design, but instability and a fatal first flight ended the project before it could prove itself.

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Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II hit full-rate production last year. Today, over 150 fighter jets are being made annually.