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To: SMGFan

Didn’t know AF used tail hooks.


7 posted on 03/06/2019 12:22:32 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: Vaquero
Didn’t know AF used tail hooks.

Yes, they do use tailhooks.

They just don't offer free leg shavings.

26 posted on 03/06/2019 12:29:48 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Vaquero

I read somewhere that they do.

https://flyingwithfish.boardingarea.com/2012/12/26/reader-mail-why-do-air-force-jets-have-tailhooks/


108 posted on 03/06/2019 4:55:25 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: Vaquero
Yes, they do. If you're landing a have a brake failure, you drop the hook and catch the cable at the end of the runway.
133 posted on 03/07/2019 10:47:23 AM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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