Air assault

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Air assault is the movement of ground-based military forces by vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, such as helicopters, to seize and hold key terrain that has not been fully secured, and to directly engage enemy forces behind enemy lines.

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Image: Photo by Staff Sgt. Joel Salgado, 3rd BCT Public Affairs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.