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Recent Examples of jetportAdams and Garrett implored Judy to reconsider the jetport location.—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2025 Construction on a huge jetport had begun, but Stoneman Douglas and others were able to stop it after just one runway was built in the fragile wetlands.—Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 People who were at the jetport between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday might have been exposed, the agency said.—CBS News, 22 Sep. 2020 Somewhere in the jetport controvert, Nixon took a liking to Reed and appointed him assistant secretary of the Interior.—Alex Harris, miamiherald, 11 July 2018 In addition to recruiting new space hardware companies like rocket manufacturer Blue Origin, the city is trying to certify its jetport as a landing spot for Sierra Nevada's mini-space shuttle Dream Chaser.—Lee Roop, AL.com, 6 July 2017
During a Philadelphia City Council budget hearing, Tracy Borda, the airport's interim CEO and chief financial officer, said ICE agents will leave as soon as Thursday.
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Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
Two people have died in a fiery plane crash at a small airport in Arizona, officials said Wednesday.
Prince Albert and Princess Charlene met Leo at the Monaco heliport, just down the coast from the marina that is home to the megayachts of the rich and famous.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
As a cannon boomed in a ceremonial salute, Prince Albert and Princess Charlene met Leo at the Monaco heliport, just down the coast from the marina that is home to the megayachts of the rich and famous.
In March 2024, a Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board crashed while taking off from an air base in western Russia.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
When Russia briefly used an Iranian air base in 2016 to strike targets in Syria, domestic backlash in Tehran was so fierce that the agreement was reversed within a week.
The base, which sat on a hill east of the city, in the Franconia region of northern Bavaria, was a former Luftwaffe aerodrome, and had been occupied by American forces in 1945 and renamed in 1947 to honor Captain John A. Leighton, a U.S. Army Air Forces officer killed in World War II.
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Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
All eight films were shot at Leavesden, a converted World War II-era aerodrome, which is now the production home base for the upcoming series.