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Somaliland’s coastal city of Berbera has a long Cold War-era airstrip and a port, which the government is offering the U.S. access to for a base, in exchange for recognition.
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Kate Bartlett, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2025
Locals gathered at the grass airstrip to welcome them as the gleaming Electra rolled to a stop.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Aviation enthusiasts may be well aware of Oregon’s sprawling network of residential airparks, small communities with private airstrips and hangars.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
Things worsened when the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked airliners bound for New York and London, landing three of them at a remote airstrip in Jordan in September, 1970.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Kate Bartlett, Christian Science Monitor, 12 June 2025
Locals gathered at the grass airstrip to welcome them as the gleaming Electra rolled to a stop.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Aviation enthusiasts may be well aware of Oregon’s sprawling network of residential airparks, small communities with private airstrips and hangars.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
Things worsened when the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked airliners bound for New York and London, landing three of them at a remote airstrip in Jordan in September, 1970.
—Ephrat Livni, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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