The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS), also known as Skyhook, is a system used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States Air Force...
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pick up mail bags by the side of the tracks, Fulton developed the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, also called the Skyhook for the Central Intelligence...
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unstable ice, the retrieval of the operatives used the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system. What became known as Operation Coldfeet began in May 1961...
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Lockheed HC-130 (category Air refueling)
extending range or air refueling. They were also originally modified to employ the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, although this system has since been...
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in Tempe, Arizona Fulton Opera House, a venue in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Fulton surface-to-air recovery system Fulton Umbrellas, a manufacturer...
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case of the United States, employed early versions of the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system. Soviet and Russian-staffed drifting ice stations are research...
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Surface-to-air missile or Surface-to-air artillery Fulton surface-to-air recovery system Surface to Air, a 2006 rock album by Zombi This disambiguation page...
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system, a direct and close descendant of the STABO rig system that was developed and pioneered in Vietnam/SEA. Fulton surface-to-air recovery system Acronym...
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designed to be used in situations wherein aircraft landings are impractical due to terrain or tactical situation. Fulton surface-to-air recovery system STABO...
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aircraft carrier Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, sometimes nicknamed "Skyhook" Glider snatch pick-up Kelly, John W. (23 June 2016). "Mid-Air Retrieval...
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1960s Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, nicknamed Skyhook, a retrieval method by which a flying aircraft picks up a payload a system used to launch...
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survivors and then snatching them from remote locations. Fulton surface-to-air recovery system Glossary of gliding and soaring Index of aviation articles...
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United States from uses of the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system to retrieve personnel on Arctic Ocean drift stations to Operation Northwoods, a declassified...
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California, US Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service, a Canadian air ambulance service Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, used to retrieve persons on the ground...
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[citation needed] Fulton surface-to-air recovery system Helicopter Rope Suspension Technique Wikimedia Commons has media related to Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction...
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from the air, The Phantom Pain allows players to control Snake as he explores the complex on foot. The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, an item...
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Forces. McGuire rig Fulton surface-to-air recovery system In Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now, Captain Willard is assigned to SOG and then sent...
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Rescue (category Articles to be expanded from March 2024)
Fulton surface-to-air recovery system – System used to retrieve persons on the ground using an aircraft Helicopter flight rescue system – System to carry...
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highly proficient in usage of the McGuire Rig. Sky hook/Fulton surface-to-air recovery system Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations...
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Lockheed MC-130 (category Air refueling)
diverted to Heavy Chain in August 1966). The aircraft collectively were assigned the designation Combat Talon in 1967. The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system...
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has asked the CIA to conduct sabotage, subversion and assassination. The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS) is a system developed in the early...
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Allison Brooks (category United States Air Force generals)
Edwards Air Force Base, Brooks was the first to fly an experimental device attached to an HC-130H called the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system. This...
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Florez helped Robert Fulton get a contract with the Office of Naval Research to develop the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system. In 1954, as the CIA's...
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at CFB Lahr, Germany, using the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system. However, he fell to his death reportedly due to faulty equipment in 1400 hrs accident...
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Convair 580 List of defunct airlines of the United States Fulton surface-to-air recovery system Bartz, Diane; Jacobs, Karen (July 1, 2013). "State Attorneys...
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Air Force)
Early USAF versions were also equipped with the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, designed to pull a person off the ground using a wire strung from...
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vehicle was caught in mid-air with a C-130 Hercules aircraft using a modified version of the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system. The film canister was...
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History of military ballooning (redirect from Air balloon reconnaissance)
plane, which was believed to be more difficult to detect. Also during the 1950s the Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS) was developed for retrieving...
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ato train Air Force Weather Officers, 1944 FIFTH AIR FORCE, history of participation in Project Grayback (Fulton surface-to-air recovery system) 1955 METEOROLOGICAL...
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by Jerry Bruckheimer, that premiered on NBC on September 21, 2005, and aired through February 1, 2006. The series stars Benjamin Bratt, Dennis Hopper...
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