airlifts
Emergency cargo flights
Airlifts is the plural of airlift—the transport of supplies or people by aircraft, especially when ground routes are blocked or impractical.
The Berlin Airlift of 1948-49 supplied a blockaded city entirely by air.
As a verb, to airlift is to transport this way: The military airlifted refugees to safety.
Emergency airlifts brought food to the flooded region.
Removal from danger
- reliefEasing of distress
- aidSupport given freely
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
emergency · crisis · earthquake · flood · famine · supplies · provisions · displaced
Transported goods
- freightGoods being transported
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- suppliesResources for a task
- palletsFlat freight platforms
delivery · transport · payload · loading · unloading · manifest · scheduling · coordination
Removal from danger
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- missionPurpose-driven task
tactical · strategic · operation · helicopter · paratroopers · airborne · sortie · reinforcement
Removal from danger
- survivorsThose still alive after
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- paramedicsEmergency medical technicians
casualties · extraction · triage · ambulance · stranded · injured · coastguard · winch
evacuation
Removal from danger
refugees · emergency · crisis · earthquake · flood · famine · supplies · provisions · displaced · donations
cargo
Transported goods
pallets · delivery · transport · payload · loading · unloading · manifest · scheduling · coordination · fleet
evacuation
Removal from danger
- troopsMilitary personnel collectively
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- combatArmed hostile engagement
mission · tactical · strategic · operation · helicopter · paratroopers · airborne · sortie · reinforcement · battalion
evacuation
Removal from danger
- survivorsThose still alive after
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
paramedics · casualties · extraction · triage · ambulance · stranded · injured · coastguard · winch · stretcher
- aircraftairplane, airliner, airplanes, plane, biplane
- air freightcargo planes, cargo airlines, cargo aircraft, freighters, cargo terminals
- military logisticssupply depots, supply lines, supply depot, resupply, supply ships
- interventionsrescue, surgery, therapy, aid, assistance
- hunger relieffood aid, famine relief, emergency food, hunger relief, food drops
- war supportwar bonds, victory gardens, rations, Red Cross, volunteers
airliftssea transport
Waterborne freight movement
rail transport · truck convoys · shipping · road transport · naval convoys
airliftsblockades
Barriers preventing passage
sieges · embargoes · naval blockades · interdictions · sanctions
- emergency airliftUrgent transport by aircraft