airborne

adj

1. (not-comparable)In or carried by the air.

   “Airborne pollen can aggravate allergies.”

   “A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.”

2. (not-comparable)In flight.

   “There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack.”

3. (not-comparable)Fitted to an aircraft.

   “airborne radar”

4. (not-comparable)Transported by air in an aircraft.

   “airborne troops”

noun

1. Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.