What is "drop zones"

Usage examples of "drop zones".

All drop zones are marked using standard NATO markings and have smoke pots ready to be lit for wind direction and identification.

It covers 135,000 acres and has over four hundred miles of roads, twenty-eight miles of railroad, numerous ranges and impact areas, and seven drop zones, which see an average of 146,000 parachute jumps a year.

Lo, Patton's Third Army went over to Normandy, and the American ground forces overran proposed drop zones before the paratroopers could complete their plans and make the jump.

The suits themselves had long since been discardedthey littered the drop zones in the first chamber, along with the para-sails and bodies of unlucky soldiers.

Bonar Tighes LACs screamed south, and rose from their designated drop zones back to orbit an ample twelve minutes before Martin-Lehore finally fixed MetSatIVs glitch.

Our plan was to hit four drop zones in a relatively clear flatland, consolidate our four squads, and then start to assemble the matter transceiver while establishing a defensive perimeter around the site.