Word: airlift
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...threat, as a sovereign country, we have the right to exclude anyone we don't want," says Ambassador Saud Nasser al-Sabah. "If you in the U.S. are so concerned about human rights and leaving hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Kuwait, we'll be more than happy to airlift them to you free of charge, and you can give them American citizenship...
...gulf deployment showed the best, and the worst, of the weekend warriors. Air National Guard fighters and attack planes knocked out Iraqi tanks, and the Air Reserve conducted a huge airlift of troops and materiel. A force composed of the Marine Reserve blasted through Saddam Hussein's defenses and led the way to Kuwait City...
...troops that can hustle to a trouble spot within 72 hours.) The corps would comprise up to 70,000 soldiers in four divisions, two British, two mixed European. The U.S. might contribute some additional troops; in any case, it would supply most of the planes, helicopters and airlift capacity. The Rapid Reaction Corps will be commanded by a British general and have headquarters...
...million people into a wasteland of famine and internecine fighting. In the streets, hundreds celebrated the tyrant's departure, cheering as workmen dismantled a huge bronze statue of Lenin in one of the capital's main squares. The Israeli government took advantage of the confusion to launch a massive airlift of some 14,000 Ethiopian Jews who had fearfully gathered near the Israeli embassy (10,000 had been rescued during a famine in 1984). Using giant C-130 transport planes and 747 jumbo jets, the Israeli military removed the Jews, known as Falashas, in just 33 hours. Israeli and American...
Westover, the nation's oldest Air Force Reserve base, and Dover have been the two main embarkation points for the giant C-5s that form the backbone of the U.S. airlift to and from the Persian Gulf...