Which type of aerial delivery would you use for delivering two Abrams and retrograding a broken one?

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Heavy armor from the air requires a method that can bring full-size vehicles directly to a landing area and let them drive off ready for action. That’s what airland does: cargo aircraft deliver the armor to a suitable landing zone, and the tanks drive off the aircraft to be employed on the battlefield. This lets you place two Abrams in position without the need to parachute or disassemble them, and it supports recovering a damaged vehicle as part of a retrograde plan by coordinating recovery assets as needed. Air assault relies on helicopters and has payload limits that make moving heavy tanks impractical; airdrop would involve parachuting equipment that isn’t feasible for two main battle tanks; surface delivery and waterborne are not aerial delivery methods. So airland is the correct approach for bringing heavy armor in and handling the retrograde of a broken unit.