Why Russia’s Su-47 is the Most Distinct Fighter Jet Ever Built The Russian Su-47 is one of the world’s most distinct, most easily recognizable aircraft. The reason: forward-swept wings.

What You Need to Know: The Su-47 Golden Eagle was Russia's ambitious attempt to create a fifth-generation fighter jet to rival the U.S. F-22 Raptor. Developed in the 1980s, the Su-47 featured a ...

Key point: The Su-47 was impressive on paper, but it didn’t stack up in real life. In 1996, the March/April issue of Russian military periodical Air Fleet Bulletin published an innocuous-seeming ...

Russia's Su-47 is one of two known aircraft built with forward-swept wings, which greatly increases maneuverability at low speeds.

Why Russia’s Su-47 is the Most Distinct Fighter Jet Ever ... but the plane was never built. Forward-swept versions of the Bell X-1, the Douglas D-558, and the North American P-51 Mustang were ...