1. Overnight they had sprouted a covering of red casings, as if a million pounds of red confetti had been airdropped on the city.
2. One of his brothers happened to pick a tent airdropped by Qiu Guanghua's copter.
3. The unit had been peppered in recent weeks with tens of thousands of airdropped leaflets calling on the Iraqi military to give up.
4. Helicopters airdropped food and medical supplies to the eastern seaboard of the battered island.
5. The Chengdu military command said two helicopters airdropped food, drinking water and medicine to Yingxiu in the afternoon.
6. Officers with the Chengdu Military Area Command said two helicopters airdropped food, drinking water and medicine to Yingxiu town at noon Wednesday.
7. Mobile phones are to be airdropped to Yingxiu on Thursday and base stations are to be set up.