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[Video] F-35C successfully completes first arrested landing on aircraft carrier

November 3, 2014 David Cenciotti 12

The Navy’s F-35C CV (Carrier Variant) version of the Joint Strike Fighter has finally landed onto the USS Nimitz’s flight deck using a new arresting gear. On Nov. 3, at 12.18PM LT, F-35C CF-3 with […]

An unusual sight: hook down landing on runway

December 2, 2010 David Cenciotti 1

Arrested landings on aircraft carrier require a tailhook to catch one of the four deck’s wires but almost all military planes, even the ground based ones have a hook, that is used in emergency landings: […]