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[quote name='KDWMAEMT' post='310865' date='Jun 3 2009, 22:28 ']USAF fighters DO have tailhooks. They ARE NOT designed for the ability to land on aircraft carriers, but for instances exactly described above. Some USAF bases do have arrestor cables at the end of the runway, but it, like the tailhook, isnt your traditional arrestor cable found on a carrier. Its a cable attached to a chain which drags on the ground effectively trying to slow down a plane which has had a brake failure in a reasonable distance.



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