combat drop
Airborne troop deployment
A combat drop is the deployment of military personnel or equipment from aircraft into a hostile or contested area.
Paratroopers make combat drops into enemy territory, distinguishing these operations from training jumps or routine supply deliveries: The 82nd Airborne executed a combat drop behind enemy lines.
The term emphasizes that the landing zone is dangerous.
- parachuteDrag-creating descent device
- static lineAnchored deployment cable
- airdropParachute delivery from aircraft
- insertionPlacing something within
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
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- airdropsairdrop, care package, humanitarian aid, relief supplies
combat droptactical withdrawal
Deliberate retreat preserving forces
exfiltration · medevac · evacuation · emergency evacuation · emergency extraction
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