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From: jabusch@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Jabusch)
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Subject: Re: SJAFB airshow observations
Keywords: Airshow
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Date: 6 Nov 90 04:24:55 GMT
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From: jabusch@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Jabusch)
ehr@uncecs.edu (Ernest H. Robl) writes:

>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.

Almost every air base of every service branch has at least one barrier
(the usual term for arresting gear).  Even those bases which support
Reserve and Aig Guard operations, many of which are local major airports,
have barriers.  The barriers get used frequently, both for exercises and
for in-flight emergencies.

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