noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ air-force , army , coastguard ( BrE ), Coast Guard ( in the US ), military , naval , police
▪ civilian , private
▪ presidential
▪ rescue
▪ ambulance ( BrE )
▪
An air ambulance ~ came to the rescue.
▪ assault , attack , combat
▪ armed
▪ reconnaissance
▪ transport
▪ cargo
▪ twin-engine
▪ hovering , low-flying
▪ downed
▪
Troops rescued the crew of a downed ~.
▪ waiting
▪
They crowded onto a roof to board a waiting ~.
▪ model ( BrE )
VERB + HELICOPTER
▪ fly , pilot
▪
He flew ~s during the Gulf War.
▪ board
▪ land
▪ deploy , dispatch , launch , scramble ( BrE )
▪
The police ~ was scrambled to search for the missing man.
▪ charter , hire ( esp. BrE ), rent ( AmE )
▪ down , shoot down
▪
The ~ was downed by a missile.
▪ ground
▪
The ~s were grounded by bad weather.
HELICOPTER + VERB
▪ fly
▪ circle , hover
▪
The ~ hovered above the airstrip.
▪ buzz
▪
Helicopters buzzed overhead.
▪ take off
▪ land
▪ swoop down , swoop in
▪ crash
▪ carry sb , ferry sb , transport sb
▪
a ~ carrying troops
▪ airlift sb , rescue sb
▪
A rescue ~ airlifted the injured man to hospital.
▪ be equipped with sth
▪ fire (sth)
▪ drop sth
▪
Helicopters dropped supplies.
▪ patrol sth
HELICOPTER + NOUN
▪ flight , ride , trip ( esp. BrE )
▪ tour
▪
We're going to take a ~ tour of the island.
▪ assault , attack , strike
▪ rescue , search
▪ deck , pad
▪ crew , pilot
▪ fleet
▪ carrier , gunship
▪ accident , crash
▪ blade
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
The victims were flown to the hospital by ~.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
There were three people in the ~ when it crashed.