paradrop
Fall from plane
A paradrop is the delivery of personnel or supplies by parachute from an aircraft in flight.
The term functions as both noun and verb: The military conducted a paradrop of humanitarian supplies; They paradropped reinforcements behind enemy lines.
The word compresses parachute drop into a single term used primarily in military contexts.
Traveling through air
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- jumpmasterAircraft exit controller
- stickThin piece of wood
- battalionMid-sized military unit
Unimpeded downward motion
- HALODelayed-deployment military jump
- airspeedAircraft's atmospheric velocity
- jumpmasterAircraft exit controller
- stickThin piece of wood
Easing of distress
- suppliesResources for a task
- aidSupport given freely
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- cargoTransported goods
Overhead protective covering
Locating and retrieving imperiled persons
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- pararescueMilitary search-and-rescue specialty
- PJNighttime garments
- extractionAct of removing
survivor · recovery · lifesaving · stranded
airborne
Traveling through air
- pathfinderOne who discovers routes
- jumpmasterAircraft exit controller
- stickThin piece of wood
freefall
Unimpeded downward motion
- HALODelayed-deployment military jump
- airspeedAircraft's atmospheric velocity
- jumpmasterAircraft exit controller
relief
Easing of distress
- suppliesResources for a task
- aidSupport given freely
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
canopy
Overhead protective covering
search-and-rescue
Locating and retrieving imperiled persons
- medevacEmergency air transport injured
- pararescueMilitary search-and-rescue specialty
- PJNighttime garments
extraction · survivor · recovery · lifesaving · stranded
- Airborne Forcesairborne, static line, jumpmaster, airborne assault, pathfinders
- Skydivingskydiver, freefall, tandem jump, exit, pull
paradroplanding
Descent's final moment
touchdown · runway landing · touch down · helicopter landing · vertical landing
paradropextraction
Act of removing
pickup · exfiltration · evacuation · retrieval · skyhook