airlifted
Transported by aircraft
Airlifted is the past tense of airlift, meaning to transport people or cargo by aircraft, typically in an emergency or when ground routes are unavailable.
The term often appears in news coverage of disaster relief, military operations, or medical evacuations.
Survivors were airlifted to safety after the earthquake.
The military airlifted supplies to the stranded troops.
Being airlifted suggests urgency and the failure or absence of conventional transportation options.
Emergency air transport injured
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
hospital · patient · trauma · critical · ICU · emergency · triage · ambulance
Removal from danger
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- rescueSave from harm
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
relief · stranded · survival · catastrophe · triage · critical · peril · humanitarian
Resources for a task
- freightGoods being transported
- airdropParachute delivery from aircraft
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
- palletsFlat freight platforms
provisions · equipment · delivery · dropzone · parachute · consignment · dispatch · foodstuffs
Soldiers who parachute in
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- tacticalStrategically planned
- reinforcementsAdditional troops sent in
- operationProcess of working
strategic · logistics · airborne · troops · extraction · combat · sortie · brigade
medevac
Emergency air transport injured
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
helicopter · hospital · patient · trauma · critical · ICU · emergency · triage · ambulance · surgeon
evacuation
Removal from danger
urgent · relief · stranded · survival · catastrophe · triage · critical · peril · humanitarian · flood
supplies
Resources for a task
- freightGoods being transported
- airdropParachute delivery from aircraft
- humanitarianHelper of suffering people
pallets · provisions · equipment · delivery · dropzone · parachute · consignment · dispatch · foodstuffs · medicine
paratroopers
Soldiers who parachute in
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- tacticalStrategically planned
- reinforcementsAdditional troops sent in
operation · strategic · logistics · airborne · troops · extraction · combat · sortie · brigade · battalion
airlifteddropped
Let fall downward
deployed · airdropped · air-dropped · parachuted · inserted
- emergency airliftUrgent transport by aircraft
- Berlin AirliftAllied supply mission, 1948
- humanitarian airliftEmergency air delivery of aid