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To: headstamp 2

I’m curious. Why did they switch over to a twin tail — is it strictly cosmetic?


8 posted on 08/18/2015 4:36:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
I’m curious. Why did they switch over to a twin tail — is it strictly cosmetic?

Ali Khamenei ordered the change in one of his Friday sermons.

9 posted on 08/18/2015 4:42:29 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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To: BenLurkin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_YF-17

Northrup too made a twin tail version on its way to the FA18 Hornet which grew out of the F-5.


10 posted on 08/18/2015 4:45:49 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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