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Goodbye, Tailhook? No Carrier Landings for New Navy Jet Trainer
Spoiler alert: if you haven’t been following the Navy’s plans this summer to buy a new jet trainer for carrier pilots, a big ...
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Why Does Mike & Gibbs' Team Work For NIS & Not NCIS In Origins
NCIS: Origins is part of the NCIS universe that focuses on the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), so it can be ...
The National Interest17d
F-15N Sea Eagle: How the F-15 Fighter Almost Flew From Aircraft Carriers
The F-15A already had a tailhook, intended for use on short airstrips or in an emergency, but a carrier fighter needs to rely on its hook for every landing, so a larger reinforced hook was added ...
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Retirement Planning Isn’t Complicated.
our plane needs extra fuel in case it takes longer to get to the carrier or the pilot must make multiple attempts to catch one of the four arresting wires with the plane’s tailhook. How does ...
Chicago Sun-Times22d
Jimmy Carter and his hometown of Plains celebrate the 39th president's 100th birthday
A WWII-era plane flown by the Navy Tailhook Flight Association flies over Plains, Georgia, in honor of former President Jimmy Carter’s birthday. Carter was born and raised in Plains and returned ...