MIL-STD-2066 Catapulting And Arresting Gear Forcing Functions For Aircraft Structural Design \(S/S By Mil-Hdbk-2066\)The information contained herein presents loading characteristics, associated parameters, and methods to be used in calculating the catapulting and arresting loads of MIL-A-8863 and MIL-A-8866 for the design of U.S. Navy airplanes operating from shipboard and shorebased launching and recovery gears. A listing of such gears for which data is contained herein is given in Table 1.