🚁 Moved by aircraft 🚁 Soldier moved by aircraft

airmobile

1 7.0

Can be moved by helicopter or plane for military use

adjective
/ˈɛrˌmoʊbəl/

Jargon

: aéreo

Examples

I have today ordered to Vietnam the Airmobile Division and certain other forces which will raise our fighting strength from 75,000 to 125,000 men almost immediately.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
In the Andean nations, the duties of these forces include providing training for police and military personnel in subjects such as individual and small unit tactics, leadership, and airmobile and riverine operations.

Academic text (1990)
The airmobile units were quickly deployed to the front lines using helicopters during the military operation.
During the exercise, the troops practiced airmobile operations to enhance their rapid response capabilities.
The new airmobile tactics allowed for swift transportation of soldiers and supplies to remote areas.

Synonyms

airborne

vsairmobile

101 3.9

Carried through the air, like dust, pollen, or germs

is able to be moved by aircraft, often for military operations

How Transportable

airmobile

Jargon

1 7.0

transportable

2 3.7

immobile

14 4.4

Surface Forms

airmobile positive

Morphology

airmobile = air + mobile (transparent) = air + mobile

The adjective is a direct compound of 'air' + 'mobile', so its meaning 'able to be moved by air' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Airmobile breaks into air and mobile, and mobile means 'moveable', as in automobile, a car. So airmobile describes something that can be moved 'by air', such as troops or equipment carried by aircraft.