I would have a serious concern for trying to combat the air flow cast off by a C-5 aircraft, penetrating that safely to land on aboard.
Beyond that, the air flow mechanics involved with the transition of exterior to interior air flow would seem to me to make this impossible.
Lift disappears when you transition from 150 to 250 mph exterior wind flow, to 5 to 10 mph interior atmosphere.
Perhaps you folks can explain away my misgivings, but I think that would be quite difficult.
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First of all, one could tow drones and have them hook to a powered and fueled tether much as air refueling is currently done, but second, how about dragging a conveyor? Hook on and reel in. I don't think it would take that much model shop and tunnel time to cook up a working idea.
Don't get me started on AMRAAM. Not only is there a huge difference between a rocket and a jet, but I have really bad memories about that program.