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  • Can a Eurofighter Jet land on a US carrier?

    From a425couple@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 16 09:59:14 2021
    XPost: sci.military.naval

    A Quora
    James Scott
    Former Army Paratrooper, turned EMT, now turned Firefighter Thu

    Can a Eurofighter Jet land on a US carrier?

    No. Eurofighter Typhoon is purely land based jet and no more capable of launching from, or landing on, a US Aircraft Carrier than an F-15, or
    F-16, or F-22 (none of those are carrier capable either).

    Now, the French Dassault Rafale is a different story. The Rafale M is a
    carrier capable version for the French Naval Aviation (the French Navy
    is the only other Navy in the world to utilize US style CATOBAR Aircraft Carriers using catapults and trap wires, their Aircraft Carrier Charles
    de Gaulle is also the only other nuclear powered aircraft carrier in use outside the US Navy).

    So the French Navy Rafales are the only foreign jets that can operate
    from US Carriers (and US F/A-18s can likewise use the Charles de
    Gaulle). Every once in a while they do practice this with eachother.


    So that's the Rafale. But the Eurofighter Typhoon? No, it cannot.

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  • From Jeff@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 17 09:26:38 2021
    XPost: sci.military.naval

    On 16/08/2021 17:59, a425couple wrote:
    A Quora
    James Scott
    Former Army Paratrooper, turned EMT, now turned Firefighter Thu

    Can a Eurofighter Jet land on a US carrier?

    No. Eurofighter Typhoon is purely land based jet and no more capable of launching from, or landing on, a US Aircraft Carrier than an F-15, or
    F-16, or F-22 (none of those are carrier capable either).


    A typhoon could possibly land on a conventional carrier, it does
    actually have an arrestor hook, but it would probably severely damage
    the airframe as it is not intended for short deck landings but rather
    runway overruns. It would need barriers as well as the hook would
    probably be ripped out.

    So in a dire emergency possibly yes, but not to be recommended.

    Jeff

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  • From peterwezeman@hotmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue Aug 17 19:51:25 2021
    On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 12:00:05 PM UTC-5, a425couple wrote:
    A Quora
    James Scott
    Former Army Paratrooper, turned EMT, now turned Firefighter Thu

    Can a Eurofighter Jet land on a US carrier?

    No. Eurofighter Typhoon is purely land based jet and no more capable of launching from, or landing on, a US Aircraft Carrier than an F-15, or
    F-16, or F-22 (none of those are carrier capable either).

    Now, the French Dassault Rafale is a different story. The Rafale M is a carrier capable version for the French Naval Aviation (the French Navy
    is the only other Navy in the world to utilize US style CATOBAR Aircraft Carriers using catapults and trap wires, their Aircraft Carrier Charles
    de Gaulle is also the only other nuclear powered aircraft carrier in use outside the US Navy).

    So the French Navy Rafales are the only foreign jets that can operate
    from US Carriers (and US F/A-18s can likewise use the Charles de
    Gaulle). Every once in a while they do practice this with each other.

    I have a vague memory that, years ago, there was some consideration given to building a carrier-capable version of the Eurofighter.

    Peter Wezeman
    anti-social Darwinist

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