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Navy’s Advanced Arresting Gear Traps First Flying Aircraft

Navy’s Advanced Arresting Gear Traps First Flying Aircraft
The Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) after launching in 2012. Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries

The Navy’s troubled new advanced arresting gear (AAG), which is slated to be the landing system for the first Ford-class aircraft carrier, recently completed its first “fly-in” recovery of a manned plane on land.The event involved an F/A-18E Super Hornet and occurred Oct. 13 at the Runway Arrested Landing Site in Lakehurst, N.J., Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) said Oct. 14. The test followed more than 200 “roll-in” arrestments at the Lakehurst site since late March.“This milestone test event demonstrates…

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