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the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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Related article Ukraine claims major drone strike on Russian airfield, killing servicemen and destroying aircraft
Ukraine has responded with a rapid expansion of its own arms industry, in many ways more innovative than the Russians’, especially in developing long-range drones at sea and in the air.
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Tim Lister, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
But activists began showing up at the Yakima airfield, recording tail numbers and keeping count of people being deported.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
When Ukrainian radars or NATO satellites detect incoming missiles, the 7th Brigade scatters its bombers to outlying airfields or, potentially, even roads and highways.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Why not sip a drink and enjoy the airfield views through the floor to ceiling windwows that run the length of the lounge?
—Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Federal agents began detecting flights of private planes from California to rural airfields in Oklahoma.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
The $260 million construction of a new taxiway connecting the north and south airfields will receive $194 million in federal funding over five years.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
Of 118 projects launched by India’s Border Roads Organization last year to build infrastructure like roads, bridges and airfields, more than half were in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, along the disputed border with China.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
San Jose Mineta’s airfield was named after Renzel, who died at the age of 100 in 2007, and a bust of him was placed at the airport in 1994.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
Tim Lister, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
But activists began showing up at the Yakima airfield, recording tail numbers and keeping count of people being deported.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 8 Mar. 2024
When Ukrainian radars or NATO satellites detect incoming missiles, the 7th Brigade scatters its bombers to outlying airfields or, potentially, even roads and highways.
—David Axe, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Why not sip a drink and enjoy the airfield views through the floor to ceiling windwows that run the length of the lounge?
—Michele Robson, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Federal agents began detecting flights of private planes from California to rural airfields in Oklahoma.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
The $260 million construction of a new taxiway connecting the north and south airfields will receive $194 million in federal funding over five years.
—Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
Of 118 projects launched by India’s Border Roads Organization last year to build infrastructure like roads, bridges and airfields, more than half were in Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh, along the disputed border with China.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
San Jose Mineta’s airfield was named after Renzel, who died at the age of 100 in 2007, and a bust of him was placed at the airport in 1994.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
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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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