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The highest rate of civilian airlift in history (number of civilians evacuated per day) was during fall of Kabul in August 2021, where 778 flights evacuated 124,334 people over 17 days - 7,300 civilians per day (compared to 2,700 per day airlift of
Indians from Kuwait in 1990). The evacuation peaked
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soldiers fighting in Laos and force them to withdraw. "It was an attempt to interdict the enemy's rear area, to stop the flow of supplies and reinforcements, to establish a redoubt in the enemy's rear and disrupt his lines". It was executed successfully at the
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attached to the supply containers in question. When there is a broad area available where the intended receivers have control without fear of the enemy interfering with the collection and/or stealing the goods, the planes can maintain a normal flight
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aircraft and feature short landing and take-off distances and low-pressure tires allowing operations from small or poorly prepared airstrips. While they lack the speed and range of strategic airlifters (which are typically
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in 1967–70. This joint effort (which those involved used to call "Jesus Christ
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to bring items into a combat theater from a point on the other side of the planet, if necessary. Aircraft which perform this role are considered
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partisans. Additionally, at the end of World War II the USAAF and the RAF arranged humanitarian
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later claimed to have evacuated 122,000 people, including
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evacuated Pakistani nationals from Yemen via an airlift
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4146:"1984-1991 Airlift of Ethiopian Jewish community |"
3891:"Operation Manna-Chowhound: Deliverance from Above"
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4777:"Infographic: Tracking the flights out of Kabul"
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3953:The blockade breakers : the Berlin Airlift
4946:"Caro capacity of military transport aircraft"
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4308:"Military Histories - July 21st to 22nd 1974"
4220:Dien Bien Phu: the epic battle America forgot
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2691:Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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3769:L'histoire de l'aviation militaire française
2486:Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries
4802:"U.S. allies scramble to leave Afghanistan"
4331:Nicosia, Associated Press in (2015-08-06).
3867:"The greatest rescue you've never heard of"
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4395:Venkataramakrishnan, Rohan (2 July 2014).
3151:Tajik Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
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4934:Comparison of military transport aircraft
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4454:. 2011-03-02. Archived from
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4264:. 2012-03-31. Archived from
4175:www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
4148:. 2017-05-10. Archived from
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2882:, U.S. Secretary of Defense
2506:Operation On Wings of Eagles
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4921:Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
4626:Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy.
3950:Schrader, Helena (2010).
3721:Loss of Strength Gradient
3042:by air. For instance the
3012:Battle of Antonov Airport
2781:Operation Safe Homecoming
2724:planes were shot down by
2508:. In 1951 it carried out
2461:and the formation of the
2459:beginning of the Cold War
2392:Nazi-occupied Netherlands
1590:Loss-of-strength gradient
442:Combat information center
5003:"An-72 COALER (ANTONOV)"
4024:Archives, The National.
3791:"Veliki rat – Avijacija"
2785:South Sudanese Civil War
2675:Military Airlift Command
2512:evacuating over 120,000
2427:Royal Canadian Air Force
2368:U.S. Fifteenth Air Force
2133:with food and coal, the
1908:Military science fiction
1393:Technology and equipment
809:List of military tactics
39:Airlift (disambiguation)
30:Not to be confused with
4917:Tucker, Spencer, 2013.
3871:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
3831:Beevor, Antony (1999).
3132:surface-to-air missiles
3113:Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey
2888:Civil Reserve Air Fleet
2880:Operation Allies Refuge
2789:Operation Sankat Mochan
2594:Battle of Điện Biên Phủ
2439:South African Air Force
2400:Dutch famine of 1944-45
2378:with the assistance of
1976:Wartime sexual violence
1732:Full-spectrum dominance
1543:Supply-chain management
5022:www.globalsecurity.org
3915:Turner, Barry (2017).
3743:Hub-spoke distribution
3727:Operation Nickel Grass
3194:
3128:defensive aids systems
3090:. These are typically
3078:Tactical airlift is a
3060:ground effect vehicles
2990:
2904:Special Immigrant Visa
2777:First Libyan Civil War
2730:Cypriot National Guard
2679:Operation Nickel Grass
2649:Lockheed Constellation
2467:Western European Union
2271:Savoia-Marchetti SM.81
2170:
2135:1990 Air India airlift
1888:Awards and decorations
1861:Peace through strength
1836:Low-intensity conflict
1470:Conscientious objector
1343:Area of responsibility
53:
4989:"Shaanxi Y-9 (Yun-9)"
4975:May 16, 2017, at the
4050:"The Berlin Blockade"
3985:Taylor, Fred (2006).
3318:C-130J Super Hercules
3219:C-130J Super Hercules
3185:
3084:theatre of operations
3003:Antonov An-124 Ruslan
2984:
2976:theater of operations
2928:Operation Devi Shakti
2916:Canadian Armed Forces
2809:2015 Nepal earthquake
2720:but failed after the
2617:Biafran secession war
2603:, was carried out by
2526:Israel Defense Forces
2494:1948 Arab–Israeli War
2348:Air Transport Command
2196:. This was the first
2173:In November 1915 the
2163:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
2160:
2129:, to supply isolated
475:Torpedo data computer
465:Ship gun fire-control
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4601:Goldstein, Michael.
4206:on 19 December 2008.
4126:www.historyofwar.org
3750:References and notes
3723:, a military concept
3593:C-17 Globemaster III
3250:Airlifter comparison
3068:Volga-Dnepr Airlines
3052:C-17 Globemaster III
3008:Antonov An-225 Mriya
2964:strategic airlifters
2908:British Armed Forces
2451:Handley Page Haltons
2364:Operation Tidal Wave
2360:Nazi-occupied Serbia
2006:Military occupations
1841:Military engineering
1743:Unrestricted Warfare
1600:Force multiplication
493:Military manoeuvrers
37:For other uses, see
4764:. 2 September 2022.
4171:"Operation Solomon"
3956:. Stroud: History.
3837:. London: Penguin.
3597:Strategic/tactical
3547:Strategic/tactical
3497:Strategic/tactical
3447:Strategic/tactical
3088:tactical airlifters
3028:Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
2924:Indian Armed Forces
2699:1970s energy crisis
2653:Superconstellations
2569:First Indochina War
2344:U.S. Army Air Force
1692:Penal military unit
1677:Rules of engagement
1353:Command and control
973:Operations research
437:Director (military)
427:Fire-control system
197:Command and control
78:Part of a series on
50:Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
18:Strategic airlifter
5067:Military transport
4683:. 21 February 2020
4658:. 19 February 2020
4632:The Economic Times
4558:. February 1, 2020
4223:. Brassey's (US).
3443:Airbus A400M Atlas
3268:Max. payload (Kg)
3195:
2998:Airbus A400M Atlas
2991:
2987:Airbus A400M Atlas
2848:War in Afghanistan
2846:at the end of the
2832:evacuation flights
2757:invasion of Kuwait
2732:after flying over
2710:Hellenic Air Force
2638:Nigerian Air Force
2171:
2147:Nigerian Civil War
2141:, and the 1967–70
1801:Counter-insurgency
1722:Command of the sea
1667:Jewish laws on war
1642:Geneva Conventions
1178:Divide and conquer
968:Military operation
933:Tactical objective
432:Fire-control radar
409:Electronic-warfare
54:
48:People boarding a
4970:Lockheed C-5 data
4781:www.aljazeera.com
4122:"Operation Moses"
4002:978-0-06-078613-7
3963:978-0-7524-5600-3
3928:978-1-5100-8956-3
3729:, to Israel, 1973
3691:
3690:
3050:(two tanks) or a
3040:main battle tanks
2934:Strategic airlift
2912:Operation Pitting
2876:U.S. Armed Forces
2874:. As part of the
2854:captured most of
2824:COVID-19 pandemic
2554:Operation Solomon
2478:Israeli Air Force
2455:Short Sunderlands
2398:to alleviate the
2376:Operation Halyard
2295:Spanish Civil War
2273:were used by the
2268:Regia Aeronautica
2079:
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1971:Horses in warfare
1918:Anti-war movement
1821:Gunboat diplomacy
1811:Disaster response
1759:Philosophy of war
1754:Principles of war
1727:Deterrence theory
1672:Right of conquest
1595:Lanchester's laws
1363:Principles of war
1053:Counter-offensive
1033:Military campaign
938:Target saturation
861:Counterinsurgency
470:Gun data computer
404:Close air support
366:Aircraft carriers
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3074:Tactical airlift
2813:Operation Maitri
2797:Operation Raahat
2773:Operation Sukoon
2769:2006 Lebanon War
2704:During the 1974
2666:During the 1973
2590:Battle of Nà Sản
2558:Ethiopian famine
2550:Operation Joshua
2423:French Air Force
2380:Draža Mihailović
2337:Friedrich Paulus
2287:Spanish mainland
2240:Vickers Victoria
2180:, equipped with
2175:French squadron
2071:
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2057:
1826:Humanitarian aid
1764:Security dilemma
1585:Power projection
1368:Economy of force
1348:Chain of command
1063:Defence in depth
1048:Commerce raiding
866:Defeat in detail
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3209:EADS CASA C-295
3076:
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2920:Operation AEGIS
2793:Saudi-Yemen War
2791:, and from the
2749:migrant workers
2714:Nicosia Airport
2601:Biafran airlift
2546:Operation Moses
2447:C-54 Skymasters
2306:Demyansk Pocket
2283:Spanish Morocco
2265:Fascist Italian
2228:British Embassy
2208:Royal Air Force
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2668:Yom Kippur War
2532:refugees from
2522:British Cyprus
2520:to Israel via
2443:C-47 Skytrains
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2407:Berlin airlift
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