How To Use Airlift In A Sentence

A helicopter airlifted him back to his mother. Times, Sunday Times
This would mean that the districts would be more accessible and food supplies could reach them by road as well instead of having them airlifted which is more expensive. News
And the airlift was the beginning of a better relationship, and finally, we developed a friendship with the Americans. Daring Young Men
The third airlift was a total disaster, with bundles dropping into enemy hands and planes and gliders crash-landing throughout the area.
A helicopter airlifted him back to his mother. Times, Sunday Times

Civilian trap in the beleaguer city has been airlifted to safety.
The airlifting of airmobile elements under these conditions will more frequently than not be over small distances for which reason it is advisable for them to have a limited number of army aircraft and heavy combat equipment.
On Thursday, salvors started moving the marine gas oil into containers on the ship, then airlifting these by helicopter to shore, where it is decanted into a big roadside tanker.
Dame Thora - also known as the face of Stannah stairlifts - has continued acting despite becoming increasingly frail.
A megabase with three rings of security, Bagram serves as a kind of clearinghouse where troops are processed and then airlifted to their frontline positions. Life At Bagram
Well, this is the first time in the emergency that the World Food Programme has done airlifts of food into some of the worst affected areas.
And what if you were called upon to signal for an emergency airlift from your PC?
When I returned, she was feverishly trying to change the channel to no avail, though her stairlift seemed to have acquired a life of its own.
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital. The Sun
Downhillers can ride chairlifts to the top of Moose and Mystery mountains, then bomb down 35 miles of rocky singletrack.
He was put on a spinal board and airlifted to hospital in a neck collar. The Sun
The three areas have over two dozen ski lifts, mostly chairlifts and gondolas, serving a multitude of trails and runs from the valley floor to open slopes above treeline.
However, as she did not have medical insurance, no US hospital would treat her and the British government refused to pay for an emergency airlift back to the UK.
British mercy flights had airlifted 5,000 Egyptians home by last night. The Sun
The body of the divemaster was airlifted to Larnaca General Hospital.
After finally being seen by a passer-by at about 5am yesterday and airlifted to safety he was still nursing painful injuries inflicted all over his legs and buttocks by the thorns.
More than 30 soldiers were airlifted to hospital. Times, Sunday Times
Couldn't they airlift food and water and drop it by parachute or helicopter to some dry areas?
By this stage we had only an hour to get back to the hut - raced part way back along the crater rim, down the mountain until we got to the top chairlift and begged a ride down from the Marley-listening operators.
The plan seems to be to use airlift escorted by fighter planes.
I buzzed, I forgot about my feet, I gibbered ecstatically to strangers on chairlifts, I laughed and whooped, soared and floated.
The fusion of airlift, sealift, and prepositioning elements produces an effective lift capability for the operational commanders.
The German authorities are considering an airlift if the situation becomes critical.
The station's interior has had a makeover to improve access with a stairlift to the main platform.
A winchman was lowered from the helicopter and along with paramedics and coastguards assessed her condition before moving her onto a stretcher and airlifting her to hospital in Scarborough.
She was then airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Boulogne. Times, Sunday Times
Two of the injured officers were airlifted to hospital with head injuries said a police spokesman.
Case in point is Alpino Vino (970-708-1120), a new spot just off the Gold Hill Express Lift that resembles a chalet airlifted from the Italian Alps. Diners in ski helmets huddle around cherry-wood tables and a roaring fireplace, sipping Tuscan reds ($15), while neatly groomed waiters bring plates of cured meats and fine cheeses ($15). Post-gazette.com - News
The air was abuzz with military helicopters, airlifting injured people and equipment.
There would be chairlift access for disabled people to all floors.
The departure time slowly crept nearer, and the airlift rumors were solidifying into reality.
The first victim, a woman, was airlifted to a hospital in Phoenix in critical condition, the police chief said. Police: Gunman kills 5 then self in Arizona
She was airlifted to Airedale General Hospital where she later died.
A Morecambe teenager was airlifted to hospital after plummeting 30 feet onto rocks from a cliff.
Eventually, the guy who used to mend the fence and keep things neat doesn't anymore, and some corporation discovers a vein of a minable resource on the land under the unicorn, and since no one's bothered to come look at the unicorn in a long while, they airlift him to a shabby zoo somewhere in Europe looking to increase its ailing reputation. Pornography Is A Washed-Up Unicorn
The first stage of his plan was to airlift nearly three battalions of infantry to a crow's-foot of seven intersecting valleys, twelve miles south of Bong Son. Chickenhawk
The third airlift was a total disaster, with bundles dropping into enemy hands and planes and gliders crash-landing throughout the area.
The scene on the chairlift is notable because it exemplifies Dumont's cinematographic style.
Horrified holidaymakers looked on as Jack collapsed unconscious following the accident, and a helicopter was called in to airlift him off the side of the mountain.
Amongst other things you can: go up the mountain with gondolas, teleferics and chairlifts, come down the mountain with mountain karts, downhill mountain bikes… also trips on quads, trekking, horse-riding…
After the helicopter refuelled for a second time, the crew finally airlifted the injured man at 9am as the trawler was en route to Castletownbere.
Food rations and special-forces commandos are being airlifted into Afghanistan.
More than 30 soldiers were airlifted to hospital. Times, Sunday Times
The inquest heard that after he was freed from the wreckage by firefighters he was airlifted to the Royal United Hospital in Bath but died soon after arrival.
'Seven sailors had to be airlifted from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier after being overcome by fumes in one of the ship's toilets. Archive 2007-03-11
Paul joined the Territorials 15 years ago and will help treat wounded service men and women and prepare more serious casualties for airlift to the UK.
Some progress in these areas has resulted in improved in-transit visibility with commensurate savings in airlift and air refueling because of a reduced need to reorder parts and other goods.
To sustain the paratroops and other troops in the area would take a big airlift.
There was an incident during this latest mission that clearly illustrated why the KC-135's airlift capability is so important and why Sergeant Bearup called aeromedical taskings so Latest Articles
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital. The Sun
Following the successful Cold Front appeal it's flying in warm clothing and our reporter Kim Barnes joined the airlift.
Everyone bands together to get him out, before the poor guy is airlifted by helicopter to hospital. The Sun
It did not take long before the airlift became a multinational and joint logistics marvel.
His first column was a paean to the ingenuity, resolve, and bravery represented by the massive Berlin airlift.
That was what made the Allied counterblockade so effective— and also created secret east-west trade throughout the airlift, a big-time black market. Daring Young Men
The second younger couple was so seriously injured that they were airlifted to Hamilton General Hospital in critical condition.
They are huddled in the remaining buildings and relying on airlifts for supplies, since the base's runway was also lost to the deep.
The troops were airlifted to Darfur to protect unarmed military observers monitoring a ceasefire between government forces and rebels.
There are 12 lifts, including a gondola, chairlifts, button tows and T-bars, which cover most of the mountain.
It has been assessed that Kenny is unable to have a stairlift fitted due to the narrow constraints of the stairways.
Instead the 30-year-old woman from Whitby had to be airlifted to hospital by a team from RAF Leconfield who winched her to safety.
And as for not being local to the constituency...well, one way or another, he's been involved in things Glasgwegian and close to Glasgow for most of his life, and has solid roots in the region: it's not as if he is a stereotypical out-of-touch party insider "airlifted" into a place in which he is unaware or uninterested or uninvolved with the concerns of the constituents Be Kerr-ful what you wish for
A man and a woman have died and another man was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after an avalanche in the Highlands. Times, Sunday Times
Over 10 000 refugees were airlifted out of the region.
At 5 p.m., a helicopter was summoned to airlift the crew from the ship while a tugboat owned by Smit Pentow Marine Salvagers, the John Ross, connected a towline to the carrier and began moving it further offshore. The Great Penguin Rescue
Coast Guards airlifted him after he was resuscitated at the scene.
Civilians trapped in the beleaguered city have been airlifted to safety.
So why use strategic airlift assets to carry out an airdrop mission with impact at the strategic level?
You can see the frustration as he attempts to get up or pop upstairs to the loo with the aid of a stairlift, which his boys love to use.
We rode on the cable cars and chairlifts to the mountain top and luged part of the way down.
It styles itself as Colorado's Perfect Ski Mountain and this year has added snow-making equipment and new chairlifts.
Kelly, who was in her early 20s, was airlifted to hospital with multiple stab wounds but was dead on arrival.
Food is airlifted into Bosnia
Tens of thousands of troops were mobilised and aid airlifted into the disaster zone. The Sun
The German authorities are considering an airlift if the situation becomes critical.
He was dramatically airlifted to hospital and placed in an induced coma. The Sun
An important mission tackled by engineer units is preparing touchdown pads for helicopters so as to assure timely airlifts to a conflict escalation area.
Amanda learned to walk again with the help of an artificial leg, spurning the use of a wheelchair and a stairlift.
‘Without the incredible help of the Macmillan nurses, who sorted everything out for us from wheelchairs and a chairlift to emotional support, I would have just blundered along on my own,’ he said.
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after being seriously hurt in a crash between two jet skis. The Sun
He went for help, using his stairlift to go downstairs, and unwittingly called on the help of the thief's two accomplices.
The man, airlifted to hospital, was critical but expected to survive. The Sun
These air mobility forces consist of strategic and theater airlift, air refueling, operational support airlift, and aeromedical evacuation.
This leaves very little capability with which to airlift anything else - for humanitarian ops in the Sudan, or contingency operations in East Asia, for example.
So why use strategic airlift assets to carry out an airdrop mission with impact at the strategic level?
He was put on a spinal board and airlifted to hospital in a neck collar. The Sun
At bedtime Karl has more medicine before his mother takes him upstairs on a chairlift and puts him to bed.
The cableway is the world's longest at 7.5 kilometres and each of the towers had been airlifted in place by helicopters to minimize the impact on the rainforest. TravelPod.com Recent Updates
The company also has a contract to supply multimode radars to Boeing Co. for P-8I maritime surveillance planes and is responsible for installation of intercommunication systems for C-17 Globemaster III airlifters. Mahindra & Mahindra Signs Initial Pact With US-Based Telephonics
Am tired of seeing signs on ski lift towers saying "No manspreading on the chairlift".
Because many of them are infirm, some suffering from mental illness, special prisons are being built or fitted with stairlifts and other facilities fitting to the disabilities of the elderly.
When your girlfriend is airlifted away to get tortured, you, as a gamer, trust that you will be able to get to her on foot. Not Now, Honey, I'm Exploring
Battalions of rig builders, engineers, and drillers were airlifted into far-flung, often dangerous, sites.
No amount of eye rolling or shoulder shrugging can change their minds, and so whiplash collar firmly around her neck, and safely secured to a stretcher, the driver is airlifted from the highway to the hospital -- across the street from the accident site. Christine Negroni: The Not-So-Hilarious World of Helicopter EMS
The 40-year-old ski area started out with a chairlift and a rope tow.
The plane also demonstrated reliability under the real-world pressures of a fast-paced airlift operation.
She was then airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Boulogne. Times, Sunday Times
A coastguard was lowered to his aid before a helicopter airlifted him to hospital. The Sun
She had to be airlifted back home, and nearly died, but insisted on carrying on with the project. Times, Sunday Times
Using this vital supply route significantly reduces airlift and sealift costs.
Eventually the bankers built themselves a chairlift, opened the mountain to the public, and called it Stowe, after the nearby town.
Two other groups of youngsters were airlifted off the moor in atrocious conditions. The Sun
Jean-Pierre Bemba, a 36-year-old rebel leader, was airlifted into town to boost morale.
Another man was airlifted to hospital from the harbour yesterday (above). Times, Sunday Times
Miss Garner said York Elevator Services, based at Stockton-on-the-Forest, had offered to help with parts free of charge, and an elderly woman living nearby offered a stairlift that was no longer being used.
Council officers have been round and seen that we can't put a stairlift in because the staircase is too narrow.
Peter suffered third-degree burns to his arms and had to be airlifted to hospital.
The decision to provide avalanche control in Flute Bowl, a short hike from the mountain's Peak or Harmony chairlifts, adds another 700 acres of unpisted snow for expert skiers.
Airlift over a fish-sting TROPICAL-fish keeper Ian Durnall was flown to hospital after being stung by his pet lion fish.
Yet always, as with a Berlin airlift or a Greek-Turkish program, or a Marshall Plan, a way has been found to deal with the problem short of major war. Power and Responsibility
The government ordered an airlift of medical and food supplies to the disaster area because the roads were destroyed.
The man, airlifted to hospital, was critical but expected to survive. The Sun
This winter, the year-old resort has added 25 more runs and a quad chairlift, bringing the mountain to a total of 76 runs and five chairlifts.
Tempelhof, the airport made famous during the Berlin airlift and originally intended to function as the gateway to Hitler’s Third Reich capital, “Germania,” is slated to close today, the victim of Berlin’s airport consolidation. Calendar
Five helicopters from the coast guard, navy and air force took turns airlifting survivors still aboard and ferrying them to safety. Costa Concordia Disaster: Italian Cruise Ship Runs Aground Off Tuscany Coast
He went for help, using his stairlift to go downstairs, and unwittingly called on the help of the thief's two accomplices.
The station's interior has had a makeover to improve access with a stairlift to the main platform.
First of all, the airlift is the announced airlift - some of it isn't even operational yet.
A man and a woman have died and another man was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after an avalanche in the Highlands. Times, Sunday Times
Trevin, still with a pulse but otherwise unresponsive, airlifted to the hospital. Bucolic
The unladen Viking can be underslung and airlifted by an RAF Chinook helicopter.
The first stage of his plan was to airlift nearly three battalions of infantry to a crow's-foot of seven intersecting valleys, twelve miles south of Bong Son. Chickenhawk
Then, when I can't run any more, I will install a stairlift, but one that's turbo-powered so that I can shout ‘Wheeee’ as I whizz up and down.
Every so often there was a comforting buzz and jingle in my ski jacket pocket as the messages came through on chairlifts, on the top of mountains, and in mountain top cafes.
The government ordered an airlift of medical and food supplies to the disaster area because the roads were destroyed.
The road was cordoned off by police and Scott was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.
Two other groups of youngsters were airlifted off the moor in atrocious conditions. The Sun
Trail System: 40 trails, evenly mixed for ability level; 2 chairlifts, 3-bars.
Perhaps you should consider that the technical challenges involved in capping a deep-sea oil well are somewhat more daunting than, say, loading up a few dozen helicopters with loads of medical supplies and clean drinking water to airlift them into people stranded by floodwaters. The Volokh Conspiracy » Now that the Government has Proved as Incompetent
Even so, the airlift had defeated General Winter—and more and more industries in East Berlin and East Germany were shutting down because of a lack of supplies and materials kept out by the Allied counterblockade. Daring Young Men
One man, believed to be a security guard, was airlifted from the scene and taken to Ipswich Hospital with smoke inhalation but no one else was on the Second World War gun emplacement. Boing Boing
The couple contacted the Press after three failed attempts to repair the stairlift, which was provided by City of York Council.
We had the capacity to expand the scale of the airlift to match any Soviet escalation.
Bungling bureaucrats even failed to inform people that there was a problem with the stairlift and that the only way to get to the first floor centre was up a steep flight of stairs.
Several passengers were thrown from the carts, with four having to be airlifted to hospital.
Three others in the Cadillac were airlifted or taken by ambulance to hospitals; the extent of their injuries was not available.
There are no flash high-speed chairlifts scattered all over the mountain.
The damaged aircraft was itself airlifted out of the valley by a giant Chinook military helicopter on Wednesday.
I had the opportunity to fly on a transplant airlift.
Aloma says they also are airlifting supplies of water chlorination tablets and hygiene kits. More Than 250 Dead in Haiti Cholera Outbreak
Everyone bands together to get him out, before the poor guy is airlifted by helicopter to hospital. The Sun
The airlifts were due to begin Tuesday but were delayed by what the WFP described as logistical problems in Kenya. UN Begins Food Airlifts to Somalia
Air Force airlift, air refueling, aeromedical evacuation, fighter and reconnaissance aircraft provide 24/7 capability to Coalition combat forces. Funny how terror keeps growing
A badly-injured soldier had to be airlifted to hospital after his car smashed into a lamppost.
Last year they airlifted some kid out of Enchanted 2003, his respiratory system had shut down after OD'ing on Eccys.
Major, for his part, praised Clinton's initiative to airlift humanitarian aid to Bosnia.
Early in his trip, Cronkite went to the South Vietnamese city of Hue, which U.S. generals assured the newsman had been "pacified," only to find himself in the middle of a deadly firefight, finally airlifted out of the city with the body bags containing 12 young American GIs. Will Bunch: Walter's Choice --Cronkite's Lesson for Today's Journalists
During the Shaba rebellion in the 1970s the US organised a military airlift and France parachuted in legionnaires to crush Mobutu's enemies.
We both have our lives to live, and being airlifted out of the central field does a disservice to both of us.
One of the young Marines told me that they had units of Navy strike teams stationed onboard supply vessels and they used these teams to infiltrate and exfiltrate, via zodiac boats, the government coastal supply centers to identify good targets so that the larger cargo choppers can get in and airlift the food. Day by Day Armageddon: Beyond Exile
A Canadian naval officer has died despite being airlifted from his storm-battered submarine.
The huge effort to build up the U.S. presence in the Middle East taxed the Air Force's airlift capability.
It oversees the Army's prepositioned stocks and is a component of the strategic mobility triad of airlift, sealift, and global prepositioning.
Authorities have scrambled to airlift hospital patients from the path of a cyclone roaring toward waterlogged northeastern Australia and urged low-lying communities to evacuate because of potentially deadly flash floods. Cyclone Yasi roars toward Australia's flooded north
The post-Cold War need for mobile, flexible forces to deal with threats and flashpoints that can flare up at a moment's notice has placed a new emphasis on airlift.
For toddler Tania, a live-in maid from Pakistan was airlifted.
Their tanks, other vehicles and supplies will be airlifted in behind them.
Fresh life is to be breathed into degraded peat moors in the Peak District over the next few weeks by a massive airlift of hundreds of tonnes of heather.
The nurse had been airlifted to Kinshasa.
The last man was airlifted off as the vessel was beaten toward shore.
She had to be airlifted back home, and nearly died, but insisted on carrying on with the project. Times, Sunday Times
A long chairlift took us back up to the Col de la Madeleine, with its spectacular view up to Meribel.
The three areas have over two dozen ski lifts, mostly chairlifts and gondolas, serving a multitude of trails and runs from the valley floor to open slopes above treeline.
One survivor was airlifted and another transported by ambulance to Dominical Hospital in Santa Cruz, 10 miles to the south.
Police were dispatched to the scene and an RAF helicopter was scrambled to airlift him to Raigmore Hospital where he was being treated last night.
The captain said the unit supported airlift operations and offensive air support operations.
It was fun having an excuse to use my mum's stairlift tho!
I just woke up in hospital after being airlifted by helicopter. Times, Sunday Times
After sending Hunter Brigade, I recommend that you put airlift and sealift resources on full alert.
A coastguard was lowered to his aid before a helicopter airlifted him to hospital. The Sun
Two other groups of youngsters were airlifted off the moor in atrocious conditions. The Sun
Staff from City of York Council, which is responsible for the stairlift, were due to measure up for a replacement lift at Mr Garner's home later today.
This is the moment when a white rhino weighing four tonnes was airlifted to a new home. Times, Sunday Times
Airlift over a fish-sting TROPICAL-fish keeper Ian Durnall was flown to hospital after being stung by his pet lion fish.
But I would plump for the chairlift which wheeches you up the stairs, a handy device if you have had a bottle or two too much of the tonic wine.
At first they promised a stairlift, but then said he was too tall.
Another man was airlifted to hospital from the harbour yesterday (above). Times, Sunday Times
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after being seriously hurt in a crash between two jet skis. The Sun
A winchman was lowered from the helicopter and along with paramedics and coastguards assessed her condition before moving her onto a stretcher and airlifting her to hospital in Scarborough.
The local mountain-bike association's future plans include installing a chairlift to transport bikes and riders to the top of the mountain.
And last week the idea of positioning it using an RAF Chinook was abandoned when bad weather and the sheer unwieldiness of the cargo defeated the airlift.
We decided that we would walk to Purple Mountain (Mt. Zhongshan) and catch the chairlift up to the top.
Huge sand bags are being airlifted to try to stem the rush of water in that area.
It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Archive 2005-09-01
We have purchased a 30 ft shed, a car port and a stairlift so we could stay in our home.
The government ordered an airlift of medical and food supplies to the disaster area because the roads were destroyed.
On another tour there, he was an aircraft commander for more than 900 tactical airlift sorties.
We should clearly recognize that the airlift is a temporary expedient. Daring Young Men
I just woke up in hospital after being airlifted by helicopter. Times, Sunday Times
She also cannot manage the stairs or getting in and out of the bath so has a stairlift and a bathlift too.
The actual airlift component will be facilitated through the establishment of a new semi-state company to be called Aer Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed
Future airlifters will likely retain this requirement since it is an essential element of the Army's forcible entry mission.
Two of the nine people on the bus were badly injured and had to be airlifted to hospital. Times, Sunday Times
the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin
President Garcia has ordered an airlift of food, medicines and blankets.

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