"airlifted about" is correct and usable in written English.
It means to transport something or someone by air, usually using a helicopter or airplane. Example: The wounded soldiers were airlifted about the country for medical treatment. This sentence means that the soldiers were transported by air to different parts of the country for medical treatment. Another example could be: The disaster relief supplies were airlifted about the affected area to reach those in need. In this case, the supplies were transported by air to different locations within the affected area in order to reach those who needed them.
Navy officials said they had diverted the USS Ronald Reagan from training activities nearby in the Pacific and that the ship's crew had airlifted about 50,000 pounds of food to the cruise ship.
The girl was airlifted about 4 45 p.m., Los Angeles County supervising fire dispatcher Ray Dong said.
By 8 May, the U.S. Air Force had airlifted about 400 tonnes of cargo into Khâm Đức, including two bulldozers, by a C-124 Globemaster.
"The survivors are out of danger," Mr. Kunwar said after they were airlifted to Pokhara, about 125 miles from Katmandu.
The airlift moved about 106 t a day in July 1950.
About 2,600 were airlifted to safety in the Dominican Republic but about 850 chose to stay.
From there, Chaphekar was taken to hospital in Antwerp and then airlifted to the Grande Hospital de Charleroi, about 30 miles south of Brussels.
By 9 30 am, the last of Dam's reserve companies had been airlifted into Tan Hiep, about two hours late because American aircrews were prevented from landing their CH-21 helicopters, known as "Flying Bananas" for their shape, in the heavy fog that covered Tan Hiep airfield most of the morning.
Lochaber mountain rescue staff and an RAF team went to the scene along with a rescue helicopter and the men were airlifted from the mountain at about 2am on Saturday.
Initially, more than 2,000 people were stranded, but about 1,200 were airlifted out on Thursday, thanks to good weather and six American helicopters that showed up to help the handful of Peruvian helicopters, said James Fennell, spokesman for the United States Embassy in Lima.
In fact, according to the sheriff, O'Bleness was the good hospital, the one to which she was airlifted — and Clinton's embellishments about doctors and nurses working heroically were in O'Bleness' favor.
