The phrase "airborne operations" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in military or aviation contexts to refer to operations conducted by forces transported by air.
Example: "The success of the mission relied heavily on the coordination of airborne operations and ground support."
Alternatives: "aerial operations" or "airlift missions".
The 187th RCT saw two years of fighting in Korea, conducting two airborne operations as well as operating as conventional infantry.
"The F.A.A. is particularly concerned that U.A. operate safely among noncooperative aircraft and other airborne operations not reliably identifiable by radar, i.e., balloons, gliders, parachutists, etc.," the memo said.
Lessons taken from the operation provided the British military with valuable operational and technical experience that helped shape future airborne operations, such as Operation Biting.
However, it served as a morale boost for the fledgling airborne establishment, and the technical and operational lessons learnt from the operation helped the development of further airborne operations.
"We are asking for airborne operations to be continued regularly against terrorist sites.
Ashby, as a glider pilot vital to airborne operations, was on his way back to Britain the day after landing.
One of the few transports with a large side door suitable for dropping paratroopers, the C-47 was also the mainstay of British and American airborne operations.
It was used in airborne operations to deliver assault troops to their objectives in formed groups and to deliver weapons, light artillery pieces, and vehicles too bulky or heavy to be dropped by parachute.
American officials told me that British military authorities assigned to CENTCOM were urging the Pentagon to forgo its airborne operations inside Afghanistan and, instead, bring the war to the Taliban by establishing a large firebase in Afghanistan.
On a freezing and rainy night, 1,000 paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade swooped down on an airfield in Kurdish-controlled Iraq in one of the largest airborne operations since World War II, an Army officer said.
He was court-martialed for his outspoken views and did not live to see the fulfillment during World War II of many of his prophecies: strategic bombing, mass airborne operations, and the eclipse of the battleship by the bomb-carrying military airplane.
