airlift

The Berlin airlift features briefly, as does George Kennan’s “X” article from Foreign Affairs magazine in 1947, which introduced the concept of containment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Some countries airlift or airdrop humanitarian relief supplies, but are also concerned about stockpiling for themselves.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

This involved the airlift of dozens of people in Phantom Ranch, one of the park's hardest-hit areas, he added.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker — a refueling and airlift plane — crashed over Western Iraq without being attacked, resulting in the death of six more U.S. service members, Central Command announced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

“We’ll airlift you to the hospital in Kendra. It’s functioning with generators.”

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Trekkers were also pressured into airlifts even for minor illnesses, according to the chargesheet.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

"There are no aid planes, no humanitarian airlifts, no real international movement and no ground efforts to break the siege."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

The base is supplied weekly by the Canadian Air Force, and twice a year with bigger airlifts of fuel and cargo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

Two more airlifts are planned in the coming days, Sullivan said.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

In addition to outright   warfare, the strife has included interdiction of Armenian imports on the   Azerbaijani railroads and expensive airlifts of supplies to beleaguered   Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.

From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the five injured soldiers had been airlifted to hospital on Monday evening, according to national broadcaster ABC.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Don Trump Jr.’s wedding had everything: a private island, fireworks, a Funfetti cake airlifted in from Florida—everything but the groom’s dad.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, the Forest Service said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

A five-tier funfetti cake had been airlifted in from Florida, and helicopters and seaplanes descended on the islands before guests settled into their oceanfront villas.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

“They airlifted him over to Children’s Hospital down in D.C.,”

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

A U.S. defense official said the military was airlifting equipment and personnel out of Erbil, the last U.S. military base, in time to meet Wednesday’s deadline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The government has begun airlifting meat and vegetables from the eastern agricultural heartland of Santa Cruz and central city of Cochabamba to try alleviate the shortages.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

"We are thinking about airlifting the rope-fixing team and their logistics to Camp 2 by helicopter, so they can open the route above that altitude for now," Ram Krishna Lamichhane, the department's director general, said.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Mr. Said called 911 and a state park aircrew responded, airlifting the woman and transporting her to a local hospital.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

The village is home to at least 225 people, and the authorities said they were airlifting excavators to assist rescuers who trekked 1.5 miles from the nearest highway to reach the village.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023