Recent F-15C at a FOB: [no pics this time :-( ]
http://www.usafe.af.mil/shared/media...-XB934-315.JPG
48th AEG takes critical step to validate NATO FOB 25 Apr 2014
Airman 1st Class Dana J. Butler 48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
“4/25/2014 - SIAULIAI AIR BASE, Lithuania -- Airmen from the 48th Air Expeditionary Group recently took a trip to Amari Air Base, Estonia, to engage and certify the aircraft arresting system, taking a critical step toward validating the new NATO Forward Operating Base....
Two F-15C Eagles... staged at each end of the runway took turns engaging the barrier by taxiing at about 130 miles per hour with their tail hook lowered so as to hook onto the cable, which gradually slowed the aircraft to a safe, complete stop,...
According to Nicholson, the Air Force requires barrier engagement tests every 12 months if not engaged by a plane in a one-year time span. "The initial certification of the aircraft arresting system involves taking an active aircraft and approaching the cable at a designated speed based on the weight of the aircraft; it engages the cable, which will stop the aircraft in around 1,000 feet," said Nicholson....”
http://www.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123408579
Old BAK-9 gear used to stop A4Gs in about 1,000-1,200 feet in short field arrest at NAS Nowra [usually one was part of OFS Operational Flying School] (except when on empty drops - no wheels - it was a bit shorter).