Sentences with airlift
air·lift
A a - President Garcia has ordered an airlift of food, medicines and blankets. [+ of]
- The injured were airlifted to hospital in Prestwick. [be VERB-ed + to]
- Tens of thousands of survivors had to wait up to five days for military convoys and airlift planes to get into the city to rescue them.
- Doctors would assess Mr Kikuchi's condition and, if necessary, contact authorities in South Africa for an airlift operation.
- To increase the army's airlift capacity.
- The UN refugee agency UNHCR began a 400-tonne airlift of emergency supplies from Denmark and Dubai on Sunday bound for the grief.
- Despite the carnage, the airlift went ahead as planned.