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Kelly Johnson caused a stir in the engineering community when he came up with the F104 Starfighter, with it's thin and almost flat wings.

Yea, start throwing around enough thrust and you can fly just about anything. The F-15 got to the point where one wing was optional: https://theaviationist.com/2014/09/15/f-15-lands-with-one-wi...

There is more to that F-15 incident than just incredible thrust; the F-15's wide fuselage provides significant body lift.

They can also fly sideways. Body lift is why it can land, thrust is why it could fly.