The unloading of personnel or materiel from aircraft in flight. See also airdrop platform; air movement; free drop; free fall; high velocity drop; low velocity drop.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
airdrop - delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft; "until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop"
bringing, delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
The US Air Force says the plane can fly missions at night to resupply special ops units in 'politically sensitive or hostile territories,' while it can also be used for the airdrop of leaflets.
What's further concerning is the revelation that when iPhone owners use AirDrop or Wi-Fi password sharing features, their devices broadcast a partial cryptographic hash that can easily be converted into an iPhone's complete phone number.
AirDrop, which allows rapid file transfer between Apple devices, was created for convenience: Users can quickly share photos or videos with friends in the same room.
[ClickPress, Tue Sep 04 2018] Oryx in its pursuit of providing the community with a complete financial ecosystem and giving back to the community is launching an airdrop campaign for OryxCash Coin -- The key Coin backed by real valued assets through equities into startups.
The sources said that the airdrop and the evacuation were carried out without any clashes and in coordination and cooperation with the US-backed Qasad groups in the region.
The simulation of a cargo airdrop has received much attention in recent years due to its highly nonlinear and strongly coupled dynamic characteristics, especially when the cargo is large.
This March 13th, support for EOS DApps will officially be available on Infinito Wallet's newly launched App Square and the well-known EOS token distribution DApp - PRA CandyBox will be at Infinitors' service along with a great deal of airdrops everyday.
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airdrop - delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft; "until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop"