airstrip
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Israeli forces established a makeshift base using an old airstrip in Iraq early in the war against Iran, two security officials told AFP, confirming a report by the Wall Street Journal.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
SIRTE, Libya—The twin-turboprop plane carved a line down through the sky and touched down at a desert airstrip here near Libya’s Mediterranean coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
That October, intelligence agents transported the oil executives from the Helicoide jail in Caracas to an airstrip on a tiny Caribbean island in the Grenadines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
The informant also sent Sánchez a video of a Cessna landing on a rudimentary airstrip near the mine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
“They’re moving her tomorrow morning. They’ll be taking her to the airstrip just west of here to fly her into the Capital.”
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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