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==List of variable-sweep aircraft== {{avilisthead|general}} |- | [[Bell X-5]] || USA || Jet || Research || 1951 || Prototype || 2 || Development of the Messerschmitt P.1101 (qv), sweep could be varied between positions at 20°, 40°, or 60° in flight. |- | [[Dassault Falcon]] 75 || France || Jet || Transport || 1968 || Project || 0 || <ref>Roland de Narbonne; "Quand l'ingenier délire", ''Le Fana de l'Aviation'', No. 461, April 2008. pp.66-69.</ref> |- | [[Dassault Mirage G]] || France || Jet || Fighter || 1967 || Prototype || 3 || Sweep could be varied between 22° and 70° in flight. |- | [[General Dynamics F-111]] || USA || Jet || Fighter-bomber || 1964 || Production || 563 || Sweep could be varied between 16° and 72.5° in flight. |- | [[Grumman XF10F Jaguar]] || USA || Jet || Fighter || 1952 || Prototype || 1 || Sweep could be varied between positions at 13.5° or 42.5° in flight, 2nd example not flown. |- | [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat]] || USA || Jet || Fighter || 1970 || Production || 712 || Sweep could be varied between 20° and 68° in flight, could be "overswept" to 75° for parking. |- | [[Hawker Siddeley P.1017]] || UK || Jet || Fighter || 1962 || Project || 0 || VTOL capable strike fighter concept.<ref>Hawker's Secret Projects: Cold War Aircraft That Never Flew By Christopher Budgen 2023, {{ISBN|9781399047906}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://raigap.livejournal.com/1032994.html | title=Проект штурмовика УВВП Hawker Siddeley P.1017 (Великобритания. 1962 год) | date=22 May 2022 }}</ref> |- | [[Messerschmitt P.1101]] || Germany || Jet || Research || 1945 || Project || 0 || 1 unfinished airframe, wings variable to 3 pre-set positions of 20°, 40°, or 45° only while on the ground. |- | [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23]] || USSR || Jet || Fighter || 1967 || Production || 5,047 || Sweep could be varied between positions at 16°, 45°, or 72° in flight. |- | [[Mikoyan MiG-27]] || USSR || Jet || Attack || 1970 || Production || 1,075 || Development of the MiG-23, same sweep range. |- | [[North American A-5 Vigilante|North American A3J-1 Vigilante]] || USA || Jet || Attack || 1958 || Project || 0 || Proposal of the A3J-1 with sweep wings, free-floating apex and canards<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-a-5-vigilante-variable-geometry-wings-variants-that-never-were-but-that-paved-the-way-for-tfx-studies/ | title=The A-5 Vigilante variable geometry wings variants that never were (But that paved the way for TFX studies) | date=9 July 2024 }}</ref> |- | [[Panavia Tornado]] (MRCA) || International || Jet || Multirole || 1974 || Production || 992 || Sweep could be varied between 25° and 67° in flight |- | [[Rockwell B-1 Lancer]] || USA || Jet || Bomber || 1974 || Production || 104 || Sweep could be varied between 15° and 67.5° in flight |- | [[Sukhoi Su-17, 20 & 22]] || USSR || Jet || Fighter-Bomber || 1966 || Production || 2,867 || Sweep could be varied between positions at 28°, 45°, or 62° in flight. |- | [[Sukhoi Su-24]] || USSR || Jet || Attack || 1970 || Production || 1,400 (approx) || Sweep could be varied between 16° and 69° in flight |- | [[Tupolev Tu-22M]] || USSR || Jet || Bomber || 1969 || Production || 497 || |- | [[Tupolev Tu-160]] || USSR || Jet || Bomber || 1981 || Production || 36 || |- | [[Vickers Wild Goose]] || UK || UAV || Research || 1950 || Prototype || 1 || Designed by [[Barnes Wallis]].<ref>Morpurgo, 1981. Date of first flight, p. 321.</ref> |- | [[Vickers Swallow]] || UK || Jet || Airliner || 1957 || Project || 0 || Designed by [[Barnes Wallis]]. Small-scale test UAV flown. |- | [[Westland-Hill Pterodactyl]] IV || UK || Propeller || Private || 1931 || Prototype || 1 || Variable 4.75° for trim.<ref>Lukins, A.H.; ''The Book of Westland Aircraft'', Aircraft (Technical) Publications Ltd, 1943 or 1944. pp.68-9.</ref> |- | [[NASA AD-1]] || USA || Jet || Research || 1979|| Prototype || 1 || Unique "oblique" wing that could be pivoted from 0° to 60° during flight |}
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