In Fiction
- The jump was successfully orchestrated by James Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies.
- A HALO jump is performed in the opening scene of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
- In the film Air Force One a team of US Special Ops soldiers are seen performing a HAHO to land on the roof of a palace.
- In the 2011 video game Battlefield 3 a HALO jump is performed by Russian GRU operatives.
- In the second episode of Last Resort (U.S. TV series), a Russian Spetsnaz team performs a HALO jump.
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Famous quotes containing the word fiction:
“The beginning of human knowledge is through the senses, and the fiction writer begins where human perception begins. He appeals through the senses, and you cannot appeal to the senses with abstractions.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)