airfield

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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

A man has died while taking part in a skydive at an airfield in Devon.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Drive five minutes toward London and you’ll find an airfield that became a Rolls-Royce factory and is now a Warner Bros. complex.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The United States can count on plenty of other military assets in the region, including ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf, and the Baledogle airfield in Somalia.

From Barron's • Jan. 13, 2026

In September 1942, Zoya Pozhidayeva and Olga Golisheva took off from the airfield at Anisovka and lined up to fly side by side to protect a railway and bridge from an enemy attack.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein