They have the hook. The RAAF Hornets have the hook. I've never seen a hookless Hornet. Same with the F-4, BTW. Everybody's Phantoms had tailhooks.
They have the hook. The RAAF Hornets have the hook. I've never seen a hookless Hornet. Same with the F-4, BTW. Everybody's Phantoms had tailhooks.
But they gotta flyby with it draggin on the closeup! Crowd pleaser....
The F-111 had a tail hook. The F-15 has a tail hook. The F-16 has a tail hook. The F-22 has a tail hook. All versions of the F-35A has a tail hook.
The difference is that the USAF tail hooks are not rated for carrier arrested landings (nor is the landing gear for that matter) but is used only for emergency runway overrun protection.
