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Five feet long spikes are hydraulically driven into the ground to firmly secure each section of the mobile aircraft arresting system (MAAS). Cabling attached to the units crosses the runway’s width provide landing aircraft with an emergency braking source. This system shortens the stopping distance of a landing aircraft roll-out to hundreds of feet, instead of thousands.


Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Patrick Cashin

Five feet long spikes are hydraulically driven into the ground to firmly secure each section of the mobile aircraft arresting system (MAAS). Cabling attached to the units crosses the runway’s width provide landing aircraft with an emergency braking source. This system shortens the stopping distance of a landing aircraft roll-out to hundreds of feet, instead of thousands.

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