airfield

Example Sentences

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Over the preceding several years, the Soviet Union and Cuba had grown involved in Grenada, building military facilities, providing arms, and building an airfield capable of handling military aircraft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Go Skydive, which operates at the airfield, has been approached for comment.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

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

Campaigners have expressed concern about the potential contamination under the rest of the former airfield site, as that is where thousands of new homes could be built.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The sun’s just above the trees as I get to the airfield.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin