extraction point
Designated retrieval spot
An extraction point is a designated location where personnel are picked up and removed from an area, especially in military or emergency operations.
Helicopters commonly retrieve troops or rescue teams from extraction points: The squad made their way to the extraction point under heavy fire.
The term appears frequently in action films and video games.
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- rendezvousScheduled meeting at agreed location
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
- pickupSmall open-bed truck
- LZAircraft arrival area
chopper · get to the chopper · rescue · coordinates · dustoff · signal · smoke signal · flare · landing · zone · safe zone · egress · escape · retrieval · danger close · hostile territory · mission · tactical
- Special Opsspecial forces, special operations, black ops, covert ops, Navy SEALs
- tactical positionsdefensive position, forward position, sniper position, prone position, fallback position
- game worldsgame world, Hyrule, Azeroth, open world, Skyrim
- landing sitesairfield, airport, airstrip, helipad, heliport
- military basesoldiers, barracks, HQ, troops, hangar
- objectivestargets, milestones, goals, outcomes, benchmarks
extraction pointinsertion point
Text entry location
drop zone · entry point · landing zone · point of entry · delivery point
extraction, extract, extracts, extracted, extracting, extractor, extractive, extractable, point