If you've ever studied older military aircraft like the North American F-86 Sabre jet, you may have noticed that many of them had flat metal plates, known as wing fences, on the wings.

To identify every aircraft in the Israeli Air Force, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed active military aircraft data from FlightGlobal’s 2025 World Air Forces report, an annual military aviation publication.

Military aircraft with the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina are staging at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on June 12, 2025, in preparation for a flyover during the Army's ...

Wing fences likely disappeared from modern military aircraft thanks to improved technology such as Leading Edge Extensions, or LEX. These extensions are built onto the front of the wings and help ...