Definition of air mobility
: the ability to transport military troops and supplies in and out of combat areas by means of aircraft
U.S. air mobility made North Vietnamese conventional or large-scale guerrilla attacks more costly because it was more difficult for the Communist forces to withdraw to safety afterward.— James S. Robbins, This Time We Win, 2010
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The first known use of air mobility was in 1930
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