Why don't fighter jets have winglets?

Lets start with some basics …. What are these winglets ? These strange bending portion of the wing - at the end of plane wings are called Winglets. Now we come to very next question…what are these winglets used for? read more

Technically winglets can be used in transport and bombing Planes of Military to save fuel and cost, although saving cost is not that important for such planes , but there is a another big problem, probably the main reason why fighter air crafts dont have Winglets. read more

For a fighter to take any advantage of winglets they would have to be variable both in sweep-back and toe-out angle, and they would still be pure disasters in supersonic flight as well as radar signature wise. read more

“Need” isn’t the issue. “Benefit from” is what matters. Airliner’s and GA aircraft have historically flown fine without winglets. But, especially with heavy and fast aircraft like airliners winglet’s help control the differential pressure between the top and bottom of an aircraft’s wing. read more