makeshift

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When two MC-130Js, a special-operations aircraft, landed in a makeshift forward-operating base inside Iran they ran into problems when their nose wheels sank into the ground and couldn’t take off, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

A makeshift window on the back wall opens onto what looks like a portal to outer space.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Renowned for its ability to operate from makeshift airstrips, it is widely used by militaries around the world and can carry everything from troops to vehicles.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

But he has been a cipher when it comes to the administration’s military “excursions,” as Trump calls them, and has reportedly even been exiled from the makeshift Mar-a-Lago situation room.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2026

After pushing and dragging the planes through mud and slush—“almost carrying them in our hands,” said Larisa Rozanova—the young women got the eight Po-2s onto a makeshift runway made of logs.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein