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To: ProtectOurFreedom

not winglets, folded up wings for smaller deck footprint

they fold down before launch


37 posted on 10/23/2020 4:12:52 PM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Chode; IndispensableDestiny

Nah, you guys are thinking of the old Hornet with folding wingtips. This is the NEW Hornet with cool winglets and missiles on top. You gotta admit, they look cool. Maybe the designer needs to fair them into the wing plan a bit better, though.


43 posted on 10/23/2020 4:47:35 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out" -- David Horowitz)
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