airfield

Example Sentences

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In Nurmsi, Estonia, the government last year opened a first-of-its-kind drone training center to allow Estonia and other allies to test drones by a grass-covered airfield surrounded by some of the country’s vast pine forests.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

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

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

Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to the airfield near Honiton at about 13:00 GMT on Saturday.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Maddie had taxied this familiar airfield and roared down the rutted runway in her head so many times it felt as though she’d done it before; or as though she were dreaming now.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein