airdrop

thumb|A Kawasaki C-2 [[military transport aircraft conducting an airdrop demonstration over Miho Air Base, 2018]] thumb|A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III|C-17 Globemaster III airdropping [[humanitarian aid supplies after the 2010 Haiti earthquake]]

An airdrop is a type of airlift in which items including weapons, equipment, humanitarian aid or leaflets are delivered by military or civilian aircraft without their landing. Developed during World War II to resupply otherwise inaccessible troops, themselves often airborne forces, airdrops can also refer to the airborne assault itself.