Examples of airfield in a Sentence
the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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Ukraine deployed first-person view, or FPV drones, in its attack on the Russian airfields.
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Russia conducted its second-largest missile and drone attack on Ukraine since the start of its invasion in 2022, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) whose graph illustrate the response to Kyiv's drone barrage on Russian military airfields.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
China has more than 650 hardened aircraft shelters at airfields within 1,150 miles of the Taiwan Strait, the report says.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
At the same time, some have balked at U.S. demands to invest 5% of GDP on defense -- 3.5% on core military spending and 1.5% on the roads, bridges, airfields and seaports needed to deploy armies more quickly.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
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Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 8 June 2025
Russia conducted its second-largest missile and drone attack on Ukraine since the start of its invasion in 2022, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) whose graph illustrate the response to Kyiv's drone barrage on Russian military airfields.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
China has more than 650 hardened aircraft shelters at airfields within 1,150 miles of the Taiwan Strait, the report says.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
At the same time, some have balked at U.S. demands to invest 5% of GDP on defense -- 3.5% on core military spending and 1.5% on the roads, bridges, airfields and seaports needed to deploy armies more quickly.
—Arkansas Online, 6 June 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfield. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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airfield
noun
air·field
ˈa(ə)r-ˌfēld 
ˈe(ə)r-
1
: the landing field of an airport
2
: airport
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