If the mighty F-15 Eagle can land with one wing, then why can't it land on an aircraft carrier? Well, all you need to know is that the MacDonald Doughnuts, oh sorry, I mean McDonnell Douglas offered the US navy a modified naval version of the F-15, with foldable wings and ability to carry 6 Aim-54 phoenix missiles, but the F-15 was never intended to land on the deck of a moving aircraft carrier, and seaeagle was rejected after its failure to meet the Navy's requirements. If you're landing on a carrier, you have to catch a wire with an arrester hook, and come to a complete stop within 500 feet or 150 meters. The Air force fighter aircraft do have an arrestor hook, but they are only used for engine testing or when there is a hydraulic failure. F-111, F-15, F-16, F-117 and even F-22 are equipped with a tailhook. If you are unable to catch the wire in an air force plane, no problem, they may put up a barrier and stop you that way, but in the Navy, you have to catch wire everytime, or in other words, you must have to catch the damn wire CJ! In case you miss the wire, you'll get a chance to swin in the sea water.
Credit: Image at 0:33 Kurt Fairhurst, SWNS
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