When you picture a fighter jet, you likely imagine seeing it with a ton of missiles affixed to its wings. Weapon systems like missiles are affixed to hardpoints, which can be anywhere beneath the wings and fuselage, depending on the model. Despite that, there are two fighters in the United States military inventory that carry missiles on their wingtip rails as standard operating procedure: the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F/A-18 Hornet. Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the F-16, has stated that the F-16's ability to carry multiple types of missiles in different stations simultaneously means that its AIM-120 missiles have to be mounted on the wingtips to reduce said flutter. While other aircraft, like the F-15EX Eagle II, carry missiles close to the wingtips, they don't affix them to the rails themselves.