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The Royal Australian Air Force is rolling out Mobile Aircraft Arrestor Systems across Australia to help facilitate emergency and fast jet aircraft landings.
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The RAAF recently conducted landings with Royal Australian Air Force EA-18G Growler fighter jet aircraft utilising a Mobile Aircraft Arrestor System to demonstrate its capabilities at RAAF Base Amberley.
Personnel from No. 23 Squadron Cable Crew had previously prepared the mobile aircraft arrestor system at RAAF Base Amberley.
“Combat Support Group is demonstrating what agility looks like as it rolls out next-generation Mobile Aircraft Arrestor Systems across Australia and trains in their use as a deployable asset to recover aircraft anywhere we may land,” Defence said.
“One unit was demonstrated at RAAF Amberley on 7 November 2024.
"By the end of this year, Air Force will have six systems in place at various bases, ready for deployment at a moment’s notice."
Aircraft arrestor systems are generally used to bring aircraft to a stop in the event of an emergency and often have similar systems on aircraft carriers. Once a fast jet’s hook engages the cable, the arrestor system’s brakes rapidly decelerate the aircraft on the runway.
Mobile Aircraft Arrestor Systems have previously been used earlier this year by the US Air Force to land F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft within US Central Command area of responsibility.
In addition, Mobile Aircraft Arrestor Systems have previously been used by the RAAF at RAAF Base Scherger during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021 and were deployed to airfields with no infrastructure to increase an airfield’s capability for fast jet operations.
