The protruding angled ramps (Van Velm Bridle Arresters or horns) at the catapult ends on some aircraft carriers were used to catch the bridles (connectors between the catapult shuttle and aircraft fuselage) for reuse. There were small ropes that would attach to bridle the shuttle, which continued down the angled horn to pull the bridle down and away from the aircraft to keep from damaging the underbelly which was then caught by nets aside the horn. Bridles have not been used on U.S. aircraft since the end of the Cold War, and all U.S. Navy carriers commissioned since then have not had the ramps. The last U.S. carrier commissioned with a bridle catcher was USS "Carl Vinson"; starting with USS "Theodore Roosevelt" the ramps were deleted. During Refueling and Complex Overhaul refits in the late 1990s–early 2000s, the bridle catchers were removed from the first three s. USS "Enterprise" was the last U.S. Navy operational carrier with the ramps still attached before her inactivation in 2012.