Examples of airfield in a Sentence
the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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The strike will likely disrupt strike operations from the airfield and force Russia to replenish munitions stock and Russian aircraft would have been dispersed to surrounding airfields in response, the ministry added.
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Separately, the Ukrainian Army General Staff said that its attack at Engels military airfield in Russia on March 20 had destroyed 96 air-to-air cruise missiles and significant reserves of aviation fuel.
—John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
On Thursday, Russian strikes hit Odesa, engulfing the port city in flames.
Ukraine, meanwhile, hit Russia’s Engels military airfield in the country’s southwest region with drones.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
The birds wobbled toward the airfield and then landed where the microlight had been.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Separately, the Ukrainian Army General Staff said that its attack at Engels military airfield in Russia on March 20 had destroyed 96 air-to-air cruise missiles and significant reserves of aviation fuel.
—John Leicester, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
On Thursday, Russian strikes hit Odesa, engulfing the port city in flames.
Ukraine, meanwhile, hit Russia’s Engels military airfield in the country’s southwest region with drones.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 21 Mar. 2025
The birds wobbled toward the airfield and then landed where the microlight had been.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfield. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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airfield
noun
air·field
ˈa(ə)r-ˌfēld 
ˈe(ə)r-
1
: the landing field of an airport
2
: airport
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