Why Do Backwards Wings Exist?

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References:
[1] http://hugojunkers.bplaced.net/junker...
[2] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstron...    https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltex...
[3] http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~mason/Mas...
[4] http://bit.ly/2Y17MM2
[5] https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltex...
[6] http://www.srmuniv.ac.in/sites/defaul...
[7] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstron...
[8] https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/bitst...
Why Fast Jets Have Swept Wings: Boldm...
[9] page 18 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi...  
[10] X 29 Forward Swept Wing Kurt Schroeder
[11] https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltex...
[12] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/p...
[13] page 24 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi...
[14] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/p...
[15] Page 124 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi...
X 29 Forward Swept Wing Kurt Schroeder
[16] Page 127 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi...
[17] Page 208 https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi...

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