AIRHEAD

Airhead

An airhead is a designated area in a hostile or threatened territory which, when seized and held, allows the air landing of further teams and materiel via an airbridge, and provides the maneuver and preparation space necessary for projected operations. Normally it is the area seized in the assault phase of an airborne operation. It may also be used as a staging or refueling point for less permanent operations.

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airhead

Noun

  1. A silly, foolish or unintelligent person.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A landing area for aircraft for supplying an operation, military or other, usually temporary.
  2. An area of hostile territory that has been seized by paratroopers or helicopter-based troops to ensure the further landing of troops and/or materiel.


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