The original Boeing pic is the Boeing 985-213 Microfighter, a late 70s / early 80s project for a minimum size fighter. More info can be found on
secretprojects.co.uk forum including a wind tunnel model, which shows that some serious work did go into this concept. The extreme wing sweep is due
to trying to fit inside the fuselage of a 747 or C-5.
The genesis of this project was back in the early 1970s with a study for fighters to be carried inside and launched from a C-5 or 747 a bit like a
budget version of Battlestar Galactica.
The earlier version of the Microfighter design and a description of the concept can be found here:
www.dtic.mil...
[edit on 23-12-2008 by overscan]
[edit on 23-12-2008 by overscan]