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the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield
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Picture transport ships from China facing incoming anti-ship missiles; missile strikes blowing holes in airfields and key military installations; hilltop-to-hilltop fighting over rugged mountainous terrain; and urban warfare amid the skyscrapers of densely populated cities.
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
The airfield at Taganrog, in southern Russia fewer than 100 miles from the front line in Ukraine, is a favorite target for Ukraine’s growing arsenal of deep-strike munitions.
—David Axe, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Tuesday that warplanes had launched 350 strikes on Syrian territory since Sunday, destroying dozens of missiles, an airfield, weapons production sites across five cities and 15 naval vessels -- effectively eliminating the Syrian navy.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Dec. 2024
The Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at Floyd Bennett Field, located at a former airfield in the borough of Brooklyn, joins a growing list of 25 shelters the city has either closed or is in the processing of shutting down.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Joshua Keating, Vox, 16 Dec. 2024
The airfield at Taganrog, in southern Russia fewer than 100 miles from the front line in Ukraine, is a favorite target for Ukraine’s growing arsenal of deep-strike munitions.
—David Axe, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement Tuesday that warplanes had launched 350 strikes on Syrian territory since Sunday, destroying dozens of missiles, an airfield, weapons production sites across five cities and 15 naval vessels -- effectively eliminating the Syrian navy.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 11 Dec. 2024
The Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center at Floyd Bennett Field, located at a former airfield in the borough of Brooklyn, joins a growing list of 25 shelters the city has either closed or is in the processing of shutting down.
—Armando Garcia, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Airfield.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airfield. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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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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