Airdrops have been made to thousands of members of the Yazidi minority in northwestern Iraq who have taken refuge in the mountains from the threat of Sunni Jihadists.
And right now, the only option that we can see is airdrops because of the situation on the ground, just not possible to navigate safely to these places.”
Terrified and crucially unarmed, the crew had to hastily radio their shipping company's office and demanded an immediate airdrop to be flown in delivering guns and ammunitions to defend themselves with.
The U.S. is teaming up with several other nations by airdropping aid into Gaza, but aid agencies recommend that it would be much more efficient if these supplies were transported on the ground.
And while these airdrops, you know, show a certain level of intention and goodwill, they, according to aid organizations, are not terribly efficient and effective in terms of the mechanism for actually distributing aid.
The Pentagon says that a weekend airdrop of ammunition was successfully delivered to Syrian Arab rebel forces, and there was no indication that any of it ended up at the hands of other groups.