That’s why we need the fixed-wing aircraft to do airlifts and air drops both in Kenya and Somalia and helicopters in particular to go to areas which are cutoff by the floods and people are marooned.
Source: tatoeba (10968702)
Airlifts
Synonyms for "airlifts" (14 found)
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Noun(3 words)
air evacuationair transportair transport mission
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Noun(4 words)
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Noun(7 words)
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11 entriescivil airlifthumanitarian airlifthumanitarian airlift operationhumanitarian cargomedical airliftmedical airlift operationmedical evacuationmedical suppliesmilitary airliftmilitary airlift operationmilitary cargo
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8 entriesairlift capacityairlift missionairlift operationairlift suppliesemergency airlifthumanitarian airliftmedical airliftmilitary airlift
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