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airmobile, a. Mil. (orig. U.S.).|ˌɛəˈməʊbɪl, -baɪl|
[f. air- III + -mobile.]
That can be transported by air, esp. applied to ground troops organized to be moved about within a war zone by helicopter. Also transf.
1965Economist 24 July 334/1 The [U.S.] Army has begun to create a pioneering unit, the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile)..designed primarily for very rapid surprise movements against enemy guerrillas and light infantry. 1967Compton Yearbk. 124 The army was making greater use of airmobile tactics in Vietnam. 1975Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 25 Jan. 1/4 There are three American divisions being sent to the Middle East... One is airmobile, one is airborne and one is armoured. 1979Daily Tel. 9 July 6/5 If the security situation continues to deteriorate the Russians might then bring in their airborne and airmobile troops as well. 1983Times 10 Nov. 4/8 The army has been pressing for 6 Brigade to be made air-mobile for several years.
So air mobility, the facility for moving (troops) about by air.
1941N. Macmillan Air Strategy v. 43 The situation in Poland demanded air mobility. |