 Fulton completed the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School in 1952, and served as a test pilot with the Air Force.He was a project pilot on the B-58 supersonic bomber program and set an international altitude record of 85,360 feet with the aircraft carrying a payload of 5,000 kilograms (11,023 pounds) in 1962.He received the 1962 Harmon International Aviation Trophy for his work on the program.