: a system of transporting cargo or passengers by aircraft often to or from an otherwise inaccessible area
airlifttransitive verb
Example Sentences
an emergency airlift to deliver supplies to the famine victims
Recent Examples on the WebIn all, 124,000 people were evacuated during the Kabul airlift, the largest in modern U.S. history. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022 Lieutenant Halvorsen received many letters from German children during the airlift.New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022 Pentagon officials said Tuesday that the U.S. military is coordinating with the Taliban while accelerating the airlift of Americans and Afghan allies from the Kabul airport. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2021 The airlift continued for several more months, however, as a precaution in case the Soviets changed their minds. Colleen Slevin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2022 By the time a medical airlift was clear for takeoff from Juneau, the medicine had begun working. James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Feb. 2022 Zaker Hussain After the Taliban reconquered Afghanistan last summer, the U.S. evacuated 124,000 U.S. citizens and residents; third country nationals; and Afghans as part of the largest airlift since the Vietnam War. Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News, 20 June 2022 An American airlift of anti-tank missiles and small-arms ammunition continued Thursday with the arrival of a seventh cargo jet of weaponry to Kyiv.New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022 Today, a different sort of airlift should join not just European nations but also the United States and Canada, Knaus said, in a proactive effort to resettle refugees across the West.Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 See More