Assuming the military is what you are wanting, between the first & second world war various means of transporting & delivering troops by air were attempted. During WW2 there were a number of examples of airborne delivery of troops to the battlefield by the Germans, the British , US & the Russians. Notably Crete; D Day & Arnhem.
Airborne, in the medical sense, means capable of being passed through the air and moved about on air currents over distances, where another person can breathe in the virus, germ, or other biological agent. When someone sneezes or coughs, germs may be on respiratory droplets released into the air for only short periods of time and perhaps a distance of only six feet, before they fall to the surrounding surfaces, so that example it is not technically "airborne" when that happens.
The word 'airborne' is an adjective, a word thatdescribesa noun: airborne pollen, airborne troops.
Airborne has two syllables.
The only whole Airborne division is the 82nd. Although 101st still bears the Airborne tab above their unit insignia, they are not an airborne unit.
US airborne included 82d and 101st Airborne Division plus British 6th Airborne
airborne pathfinders went in before the main airborne assault started to 'light' the drop zones for incoming airborne troops
Airborne Express was created in 1946.
Airborne Express ended in 2003.
Airborne Ranger was created in 1987.
Airborne Ranger happened in 1987.
Is breast cancer airborne
Cold sores aren't airborne.
"airborne" skiing is where a skier uses a jump made from snow or any other jup and gets "airborne".