The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system, also known as Skyhook, is a system used by the CIA, United States Navy, and the United States Air Force to pick people up from the ground using an airplane.The system traces its roots back to the last few years of World War II. The British began using an extraction method that was based on a mail retrieval system invented during the 1920s and used by an early airline company called All American Aviation (which would become US Airways). The system uses a

What do Batman, James Bond, Agent Sydney Bristow, and John Wayne have in common? They all used the Fulton Skyhook system to successfully accomplish daring missions. | Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)