X-29 SD CV-67 USS John F

CV-67 USS John F

She was launched on 4 February 1992

and is also the USAAF's response to the Soviet Mig-23 and Mig-25 fighters

So they were going in the same direction as the Japanese designers

X-29 SD CV-67 USS John FThe Grumman X 29 was an American experimental aircraft that tested a forward swept wing , canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies. The X 29 was developed by Grumman , and the two built were flown by NASA and the United States Air Force . The aerodynamic instability of the X 29's airframe required the use of computerized fly by wire control. Composite materials were used to control the aeroelastic divergent twisting experienced