Sep 24, 2023 · Unlike other F-35 variants, the F-35B lacks a landing hook. Instead, it uses a “STOVL/HOOK” control to switch between normal and vertical flight modes. The F-35B can achieve speeds of Mach 1.6 (1,976 km/h) and is capable of performing vertical and/or short take-offs and landings (V/STOL).

May 20, 2016 · According to an Air Force release, the JSF Integrated Test Force have started the first set of tests for the F-35A’s tailhook at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Although F-35s have landed...

Jan 18, 2012 · From Dave Majumdar, DefenseNews: Lockheed Martin has traced the U.S. Navy F-35C Joint Strike Fighter’s troubles with catching a carrier’s arresting gear wires to the tailhook design. Efforts to fix the problem are well underway, a top company official said.

Mar 1, 2012 · Lockheed Martin had to rework the tail hook design after it failed to snag the arresting wires during testing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, N.J. The tests failed because of a problem with the mechanism, or “damper”, responsible for keeping the tail hook down and stable.

Apr 10, 2013 · Lockheed Martin has come up with a new design for the tailhook on the F35 Joint Strike Fighters that should allow the Navy variant, the F-35C, to land on carriers and speed the long-delayed...

Feb 5, 2014 · CF-3 is the first F-35C to be fitted with the redesigned Arresting Hook System, as it’s formally known. The plane has returned to the Navy’s Patuxent River test facility where for the next...

A tailhook, arresting hook, or arrester hook is a device attached to the empennage (rear) of some military fixed-wing aircraft. The hook is used to achieve rapid deceleration during routine landings aboard aircraft carrier flight decks at sea, or during emergency landings or aborted takeoffs at properly equipped airports.

Dec 12, 2013 · Lockheed Martin is set to deliver a production version of the tailhook for the carrier-based F-35C Joint Strike Fighter after an engineering glitch forced a partial redesign of the system.

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, supersonic stealth strike fighters. A multirole combat aircraft designed for both air superiority and strike missions, it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and …

Feb 16, 2024 · The F-35C hook is stowed in a bay that’s covered by clamshell doors during flight. The hook is electronically controlled and moved by hydraulics. And originally, it didn’t work.