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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: SJAFB airshow observations
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Date: 4 Nov 90 21:01:18 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: ehr@uncecs.edu (Ernest H. Robl)
>last year's show had a C-5, C-141, etc., this year's show didn't have
>any modern TRANSPORT aircraft on display.  The obvious implication
>is that they are all in use elsewhere -- flying material to the Middle
>East, probably.

Actually, the Gulf crisis has made some very creative excuses possible.
DEC claimed that software we'd ordered was being delayed because they
were competing with the Army for air-freight capacity!

>Now, for a question that I didn't get around to asking anyone at the
>airshow:  Some of the modern *AIR FORCE* fighters have tailhooks.  Are
>these ever used?  If so, when, where, how?  Thanks.

Some (many?) USAF runways have arrester gear for emergencies, I believe.
The hooks are not used for normal operations.
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