The F-16’s leading edge flaps automatically move during flight to optimize lift and control. This video explains how they work and why they’re critical during high-speed and high-G maneuvers.

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Lockheed Martin has delivered the first F-2 aft and leading edge flaps for restoration of Japan's F-2 fighter fleet to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The F-2, ...

Passengers looking out the window of a passenger plane will likely have noticed slats on the leading edge of the wing, along with the flaps on the trailing edge of the wing, being extended during ...

NORDAM has reached a strategic agreement with Boeing that will allow the Tulsa-based aerospace company to manufacture spare F/A-18 AD Hornet leading edge flaps, NORDAM CEO Meredith Siegfried Madden ...

MAGELLAN AEROSPACE has Lockheed Martin contract to supply machined titanium wing tie bars for F-35 leading edge flaps out of Kitchener, ON in 2023-2027. Lockheed Martin has a global supply chain for F ...

US FAA proposed an airworthiness directive to require operators of certain 747-400s to modify thrust reverser control system wiring to prevent inadvertent, automatic retractions of leading edge flaps.