omg. seriously are you guys that retarded, you can't put down the damn tailhook on the ground if you are expecting to drag and damage it by running it along the concrete runway..........the F-4 Phantom was designed to be in the USN and therefore had a hook for carrier landings,,,,,,, i swear you all gotta open your eyes and look at the navy for once. The only planes that have and did have a tailhook are the F2H Banshee, F4D Skyray, F-4B Phantom II, F-14A-D Tomcat, F/A-18A-C Hornet, F/A-18-E/F, E2 AWAC's, and a naval tanker. The USAF DOES NOT have fighter's with tailhooks therefore NO carrier landings and you can't use them for emergany's on the ground considering your already there! otherwise you drag or break them on the runway!!!!!!! USAF planes won't ever be able to land on a carrier anyways mostly because their not DESIGNED for it.