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AIR PORTABLE [1 record]

Record 1 2002-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Transportation
  • Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

Denotes materiel which is suitable for transport by an aircraft loaded internally or externally, with no more than minor dismantling and reassembling within the capabilities of user units. This term must be qualified to show the extent of air portability.

OBS

air portable: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport militaire
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Qualifie un matériel ou un équipement pouvant être transporté par air, en chargement interne ou externe, sans autres démontages et remontages que ceux pouvant être effectués par les unités utilisatrices. Caractérise l'aptitude aux transports par air.

OBS

aérotransportable; transportable par air : termes et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte militar
  • Operaciones (Fuerzas aéreas)
DEF

Material que puede ser transportado por una aeronave, bien como carga interna o externa, sin que se requiera más que un montaje o desmontaje mínimo, que esté dentro de las posibilidades de las unidades que van a utilizarlos. Este término debe ser el indicado para mostrar el grado de posibilidad de transporte aéreo del equipo.

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