Sentence examples for needed airlift from inspiring English sources

Fewer still, apart from the United States, have the needed airlift capacity.

Expeditionary war needs airlift, sealift, jets, helicopters, drones and other "enablers" like field hospitals.

Larraín heard rumours of similar safe houses the church maintained around the world for priests it needed to airlift from scandal.

Thirty CH-21 Shawnee helicopters were needed to airlift the entire 1st Battalion, ARVN 11th Infantry Regiment, but only ten were available.

The ECB may also need to airlift a few million extra banknotes to Nicosia.

Europe's armed forces have medium-sized cargo aircraft for "tactical airlift" but are desperately short of the large aircraft needed for "strategic airlift" over long distances.

He'd made it there, but then needed to be airlifted to the hospital!

Lt. Col. Mitch Utterback with the Colorado National Guard told reporters that it might have been the first time since Hurricane Katrina that so many people needed to be airlifted to safety.

The control group had more than twice as many soldiers who needed to be airlifted for mental health reasons, 28 to 13, and who reported suicidal thoughts, 93 to 44.

An experienced pilot who had flown rescue missions in Africa, he was at the treacherous auto race in case any participants needed to be airlifted.

In support of air-to-ground operations, the E-3 can provide direct information needed for interdiction, reconnaissance, airlift and close-air support for friendly ground forces.