Aircraft flying in formation create vortices around the wing tips, which cause drag. However, another aircraft flying through those vortices will experience less drag and more efficient flight.

There's a reason why World War II bombers fly in formation, and it all has to do with efficiency. Here's how the arrangements work and what they're called.

Fighter jets often fly in formation to help with combat maneuvers, protecting each other from enemy aircraft. Some formations even conserve the jet's fuel.

Over the years formation flying involved in military services and eventually found its way into the civilian sector at an airshow is where you'll see the best opportunity for formation air display.

This article investigates optimal cooperative control algorithms for spacecraft formation flying system that can guarantee collision avoidance between spacecrafts. By selecting potential functions to ...