Sentence examples for for airlifting from inspiring English sources

He will deliver four lectures in the first two months of next year, including one on the trend in UK radio, not least at Radio 2, for "airlifting television presenters into radio stations".

The Air Force could use the money it would save to assure a more reliable flow of spare parts and more cargo planes for airlifting troops and equipment, among other things.

Meanwhile, the chief minister of southern Kerala state, Oommen Chandy, has urged the federal government to make provisions for airlifting Indian nurses stranded in the Libyan capital of Tripoli, the NDTV website reports.

In his letter to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Mr Chandy "demanded that provisions for airlifting those stranded should be made from the only functional international airport in Libya, or they should be evacuated from neighbouring Tunisia," the website adds.

It found that the most common reason for airlifting troops away from the battlefield was not physical wounds, but disabling psychological issues.

The Pentagon needs to strengthen its capacity for airlifting and sealifting troops into battle regions.

Helicopters, essential for swiftly airlifting casualties, remain vulnerable there, as they proved to be in Mogadishu, in Somalia, in 1993.

For peacekeeping duties they generally ask friendly Western governments for help in airlifting troops, or charter civilian planes.Despite such handicaps, many are participating in a growing number of African Union and UN peacekeeping missions.

For several days, Mr. Annan has been asking Washington for help in airlifting peacekeepers from three battalions committed by Jordan, India and Bangladesh ahead of their scheduled deployment in Sierra Leone next month.

South Africa's cabinet has decided to terminate a contract for eight A400 Airbus military aircraft that would have been used for airlifts, particularly in peacekeeping missions.

Private American relief organizations have joined the United Nations in pressing the administration to pave the way for airlifts by avoiding bombing certain airstrips that could be used for delivering food and medicine.