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.

The Tailhook scandal was a military scandal in which United States (U.S.) Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aviation officers were alleged to have sexually assaulted up to 83 women and seven men, or otherwise engaged in "improper and indecent" conduct at …

Tailhook spiraled further out of control one week later. The Vice Chief of Naval Operations asked Admiral Williams to review NIS files for any report that Secretary Garrett had been in the “rhino suite”—the site of some of the more egregious acts of misconduct.

Dec 16, 2011 · The Brits put a tailhook on an Airacobra I to evaluate arrestment of an airplane with a nose landing gear. It pivoted from a fitting just in front of the tail post and was manually stowed upside down and backwards.

To land on the flight deck, each plane needs a tailhook, which is exactly what it sounds like -- an extended hook attached to the plane's tail. The pilot's goal is to snag the tailhook on one of four arresting wires, sturdy cables woven from high-tensile steel wire.

The word tailhook refers to the hook underneath the tail of the aircraft that catches the arresting wire suspended across the flight deck in order to stop the landing plane quickly. The Tailhook Association was formed by active-duty naval aviators in 1956, eventually growing into a national organization headquartered in San Diego, California.

Apr 24, 1993 · In its investigative report on the Tailhook incident, the Defense Department inspector general’s office provided the first comprehensive account of what actually happened over the three nights in...

Wingtip 300-gallon tanks were normally fitted. No guns were provided—a first in Navy attack aircraft—with the aircraft relying on speed to escape from hostile fighters. Top speed of the AJ-1 was 471 miles per hour at 35,000 feet.

Several four-engine aircraft have flown from carriers. Two such quadruple-engined planes intended from the outset for carrier operation were developed by the Royal Navy during World War II: the Airspeed AS 39 and General Aircraft Limited’s GAL 38.

Carrier pilots from World War II to Desert Storm recount the history of naval aviation and the warriors on aircraft carriers who made it possible. Tailhook Association and Speed & Angels Productions present Legends of Carrier Aviation. These great men share their unique experiences through WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, up to Desert Storm.