Air force, strategic airlift goes both ways.

A professionally constructed solution pump airlift operation that incorporates a lengthy pontoon raft and divers

UNHCR had deployed large numbers of staff and mounted a massive airlift to transport vast quantities of relief items to Pakistan.

Although the evacuation operation did not actually take place, the local provincial reconstruction team was preparing to airlift 25 non governmental organizations personnel to safety using German helicopters.

He heard that many disaster areas were short of drinking water, food, fuel and other materials, and many stores were closed after the earthquake. Therefore, planes were sent out to airlift supplies.

With respect to the airlift by the Russian Ministry of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Natural Disasters of humanitarian assistance, medical supplies and food, the Russian contribution to alleviating the consequences of the disaster has amounted to date to over 33 million.

WFP supported the response to the desert locust crisis in Sahelian countries by making available at FAO's request and with Italian government funding an Ilyushin 76 aircraft based at UNJLC at Brindisi, Italy, to airlift 160 mt of pesticides to Mauritania, Senegal and Chad.

In response to the request made by affected States, we began an airlift of Russian equipment and medical staff on 9 January for deployment on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, and a field hospital and health and anti epidemic teams were sent to Thailand and Sri Lanka.

The prospect of a Middle East conflagration has prompted an airlift of senior American officials to Israel to warn of the devastating consequences that an Israeli attack on Iran might have. Indeed, the Obama administration s main challenge these days is not peacemaking, but regional conflict management and preemption.

In military terms, European countries need to spend more on secure communications, airlift capabilities, special operations, and dealing with chemical and biological battlefields in order to be able to fight the war on terrorism effectively. France is concerned that America s influence in NATO is too large, and opposes a global role in which NATO establishes special partnerships with Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and other countries.

According to the UN resident coordinator, there has been a quick airlift and supply of materials such as the well known School in a Box, a pre packaged educational kit suitable for teaching up to 40 children, Early Childhood Development Kit, and Recreation Kits for displaced boys and girls. In the meantime, the best that can be hoped for Nepal s children is that tents and shelters can be brought in to create Child Friendly Spaces.