airlifting
Carrying by aircraft
Airlifting is transporting people or supplies by aircraft, especially when ground routes are blocked or impractical.
The term often appears in emergency contexts: Helicopters were airlifting survivors from the flooded area.
Military operations airlift troops and equipment; humanitarian efforts airlift food and medicine to disaster zones.
Act of seeking
- survivorsThose still alive after
- hoistRaise with tackle
- winchDrum-and-cable lifting mechanism
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
harness · ropes · coastguard · mountain · swiftwater · debris · trapped · extraction
Rotary-wing aircraft
- extractionAct of removing
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- civiliansNon-military population
- displacedShifted from proper location
stranded · exodus · fleeing · relocation · expatriates · escape · conflict · warzone
Rotary-wing aircraft
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- urgencyPressing need for action
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
flood · earthquake · tsunami · wildfire · hurricane · tornado · landslide · volcano
Emergency air transport injured
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
ambulance · patients · casualties · wounded · organs · blood supply · incubator · ventilator
Resources for a task
- aidSupport given freely
- cargoTransported goods
- reliefEasing of distress
- donationsGifts to organizations
foodstuffs · water · medicine · blankets · tents · shelter · distribution · volunteers
Tactical military airlifter
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- cargoTransported goods
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- paratroopersSoldiers who parachute in
tactical · reinforcement · logistics · sortie · dropzone · operation · strategic · Hercules
search
Act of seeking
helicopter · harness · ropes · coastguard · mountain · swiftwater · debris · trapped · extraction · pilot
helicopter
Rotary-wing aircraft
- extractionAct of removing
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- civiliansNon-military population
displaced · stranded · exodus · fleeing · relocation · expatriates · escape · conflict · warzone · safe haven
helicopter
Rotary-wing aircraft
catastrophe · flood · earthquake · tsunami · wildfire · hurricane · tornado · landslide · volcano · explosion
medevac
Emergency air transport injured
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
triage · ambulance · patients · casualties · wounded · organs · blood supply · incubator · ventilator · hospital
supplies
Resources for a task
donations · foodstuffs · water · medicine · blankets · tents · shelter · distribution · volunteers · nonprofit
C-130
Tactical military airlifter
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- cargoTransported goods
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
paratroopers · tactical · reinforcement · logistics · sortie · dropzone · operation · strategic · Hercules · resupply
airliftingtrucking
Road-based freight shipping
shipping · sea transport · rail transport · hauling · carting
airliftingstranding
Leaving helplessly isolated
grounding · abandoning · leaving behind · blockading · trapping
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