Definition of "airborne"

airborne

adjective
not comparable
1. In or carried by the air.
  Quotations
  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.
  2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎, volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 6 November 2018, page 3 (Technology Quarterly)
2. In flight.
  Quotations
  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.
  1984, Steve Harris (lyrics and music), “Aces High”, in Powerslave, performed by Iron Maiden
3. Fitted to an aircraft.
4. Transported by air in an aircraft.
noun
plural airbornes or airborne
1. Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.