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How to use the word airlift in a Sentence?

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Akin to the ‘historic’ airlift from Afghanistan. The Biden admin’s ‘historic’ events are unprecedented in their terribleness.

Staff Ronald Klain

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The airlift was happening sooner than anybody anticipated, while many people predicted the collapse, imminent collapse, I think the speed took almost everybody, perhaps even the Taliban, by surprise.

John Sifton

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The president's angry facial expressions and raised voice didn't match the content of his speech. His words were offensive—praising himself for the 'biggest airlift in history'—and his body language and vocals told the true story: That this president was trying to defend the unforgiveable, the speech was poorly written because the goal of it was to take blame off the person, the commander-in-chief, and instead blame the Americans who were told the Taliban would never take control.

Beverly Hallberg

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Now we're supposed to believe with the Taliban, the good guy and ISIS is the bad guy. They're all cockroaches, they want to kill as many Americans as possible. And now look at the situation. We have a propaganda media in this country prior to a few days ago. But they'll be back saying what? This is the greatest airlift in American history in the face of the most outrageous surrender in American history, regurgitating the administration's talking points.

Mark Levin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We appreciate this expression of bipartisan support for our evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, which is now one of the most large-scale and effective airlift operations in history and has gotten over 75,000 people out of the country, the American people know well that the federal government is responsible for many priorities at once. And The American people never expect The American people leaders to ignore crucial issues like, in this case, creating jobs, rebuilding our infrastructure and bringing down prices -- including the cost of prescription drugs.

Andrew Bates

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Once we get more airlift out of Kabul, we're going to put as many people on those planes as we can. There will be a mix, not just American citizens but perhaps some Afghan SIV applicants as well.

The Pentagon

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday Defense Secretary Mark Esper has given approval for the military to airlift USAID personnel and supplies to the Bahamas, in addition to assessment teams. I have approved DoD support to NORTHCOM to airlift USAID personnel and supplies and we also will be sending along with that aircraft a DoD airfield assessment team, an airfield clearing team and an air traffic control team to open the Bahamas up as soon as possible for relief flights, aid flights, so again thats all in addition to what were prepared to provide for the people of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and others.

Mark Esper

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We have not told them not to do their airlift.

Francisco Palmieri

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We radioed for medical advice. They asked us to inject 100 mg of hydrocortisone, since we were at the coast we requested a chopper for an airlift as it was better to take her off. As seafarers, we cannot do much for emergencies.

Joshua Bhatt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We believe the French military is just looking to have a force structure that gives them the tactical airlift that they need together with the strategic airlift that the A400M is providing, we're obviously happy to sell them some C-130s.

Orlando Carvalho

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

There has been some initial contact with the French government, we believe the French military is just looking to have a force structure that gives them the tactical airlift that they need together with the strategic airlift that the A400M is providing.

Orlando Carvalho

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The UNHCR is making final preparations for a huge airlift of humanitarian aid into Yemen's Sanaa, to take place over the next days if today's proposed ceasefire comes into effect and holds.

Adrian Edwards

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

From unmanned carrier aviation, to critical Air Force strike and airlift programs, to investment in Marine Corps amphibious programs, to the next-generation undersea nuclear deterrent, this year’s mark will help sustain America’s power projection capabilities in the years ahead.

Randy Forbes

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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