Object

• diver: The Coastguard was notified and the diver airlifted to a recompression chamber for treatment, with full resolution of symptoms.

• supply: NATO also is setting up three tent cities in Albania and airlifting supplies to the region.

• helicopter: A helicopter airlifted 200 tons of stone to different sites where work was to be undertaken.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• out: The team brought the victims back to the Marines lines where they were treated and airlifted out.

Subject

• helicopter: He was airlifted by helicopter to West Cumberland Hospital.

Converse of object

• provide: Mexico provided an airlift of urgently needed supplies, and European countries donated $ 8 million.

Adjective modifier

• strategic: We are implementing the decisions taken at the Prague NATO Summit in a highly committed way in the field of strategic airlift.

• military: This was 45 % of the total International Military airlift from Turkey to Pakistan!

• humanitarian: January 9, 1996: The longest humanitarian airlift in world history which fed Sarajevo for 3 1/2 years, ends.

Modifies a noun

• capability: In a slightly longer timescale, the requirement for a large strategic airlift capability could be tackled.

• operation: After the Geneva Accord had been signed, the Russian airlift operation ceased, and twelve aircraft were turned over to Laos.

• aircraft: It also may be used to position reconnaissance and tactical airlift aircraft over predetermined coordinates.

• capacity: The situation as regards European heavy airlift capacity is equally dismal.

• supply: The most obvious factor is the need to airlift supplies if roads are impassable.

Modifying Another Word

• then: He was treated by team members then airlifted to hospital by the RAF, who were in the area.

Noun used with modifier

• helicopter: All operations involving helicopter airlifts must be carefully planned to avoid risk to people on the ground.

Followed by a transitive particle

• off: The casualty was airlifted off the hill shortly afterward.

Preposition: for

• treatment: One diver was airlifted for recompression treatment following a 34m dive.

Preposition: by

• helicopter: He was airlifted by helicopter to West Cumberland Hospital.