airfield

Example Sentences

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Though they could have survived the Holocaust by remaining in Palestine, they instead chose to travel through the Sinai Desert and then to a liberated airfield in Italy before departing on their mission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

The troops and equipment had landed at an airfield in the north-eastern state of Bauchi, Nigerian defence spokesperson Maj Gen Samaila Uba said.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

The United States can count on plenty of other military assets in the region, including ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf, and the Baledogle airfield in Somalia.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

Technical director Jeremy Howitt said the advantage of trialling the service there was the large amount of airspace around the airfield that cannot be used by non-approved aircraft.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

He mentioned finally receiving a letter from me, and working twenty-four-hour shifts at the airfield.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson