[Always Independent]

All F-18s are carrier capable. But on a side note, I believe USAF aircraft have arresting hooks also. There are times when in an a/c emergency, a base may have to use an arresting cable to stop an aircraft in trouble. When I was at Clark AFB in the phillipines, I watched an F-15 have to use an arresting cable on landing.

[buccaneer81]

Interesting. Thanks.

[mad_as_he$$]

Hooks on F-15’s are an emergency slow down device. They will not take repeated carrier landing, not to mention it would drive the gear up through the wings.