Lightweight. Simple. Fast. The F-104 Starfighter was designed, in a time of increasing aircraft complexity and size, to be a straightforward, single-engine rocket ship, capable of intercepting and ...

This was unfortunately the case with the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter ... stubby wings farther back than usual on a plane. It was armed with a M-61 Vulcan 20-mm gun and sidewinder missiles, and ...

Sometimes a new ship design becomes an instant classic, this was one of those times. Check out the U-wing breakdown.