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airborne assault operation
mil., logist. opération d'assaut aéroporté
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airborne assault operation
mil., logist. Assault operations using attack helicopters, combined with air, missile and artillery strikes on enemy troops and installations, together with airdrops by transport aircraft and operations carried out by airborne motorized rifle subunits and units, planned and executed in accordance with a single concept of operations. Combat operations alternating with manoeuvre on the ground or by air by airborne forces for linked operational/tactical and tactical missions in the enemy rear are a feature of airborne assault operations. They form part of front, army group, army or corps operations. (UKR/NATO)