airlifter

[air-lif-ter]

noun

1. a large aircraft specially designed to transport heavy cargo and to land on and take off from a relatively short runway.

Word History and Origins

Origin of airlifter¹

airlift + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Airbus touts the A400M as the most advanced "airlifter" military transport plane available.

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C-390 Millenium military cargo aircraft to replace its airlifter fleet, as the Brazilian planemaker is wrapping up talks to further beef up its defense order backlog, an executive told Reuters.

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Airbus leads several multinational programmes, including the A400M airlifter and Tiger attack helicopter, but faces doubts over commitments from France and Spain for the troop plane while Germany has effectively withdrawn from the next phase of Tiger.

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Doubts are growing over the future of Madrid's remaining orders for the Airbus A400M airlifter, European defence sources said on Monday, raising the stakes of talks over the planemaker's future investment in one of its founder nations.

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Doubts are growing over the future of Madrid's remaining orders for the Airbus A400M airlifter, European defence sources said on Monday, raising the stakes of talks over the planemaker's future investment in one of its founder nations.

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