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And the opening episode takes place in Vietnam, depicting the fall of Saigon and a harrowing escape on an airstrip.
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Quyen Do, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
The two Delta planes clipped wings while taxiing on the airstrip late that morning.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
One of the smallest, but most strategically important, islands on Earth is now getting an airstrip … thanks to the People’s Liberation Army.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
The simulation environment, made in Unity, was a model of the base’s airstrip outside.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Analysts say that dismissive approach, coupled with China’s buildup of artificial islands in the South China Sea replete with military installations and airstrips, has changed the calculus of the Philippines and motivated it to embrace the United States.
—Olivia Wang, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Later in the summer, casual, comfortable Gusto! is set to open in an indoor-outdoor space that overlooks meadows and the resort’s airstrip.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
While the base’s airstrip appeared unchanged, a helicopter could be seen on it, and access roads were improved.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
The all-inclusive stay even features airplane charters to the property’s own private airstrip to make travel to the remote location a breeze.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
Quyen Do, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
The two Delta planes clipped wings while taxiing on the airstrip late that morning.
—Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2024
One of the smallest, but most strategically important, islands on Earth is now getting an airstrip … thanks to the People’s Liberation Army.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2023
The simulation environment, made in Unity, was a model of the base’s airstrip outside.
—Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Analysts say that dismissive approach, coupled with China’s buildup of artificial islands in the South China Sea replete with military installations and airstrips, has changed the calculus of the Philippines and motivated it to embrace the United States.
—Olivia Wang, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Later in the summer, casual, comfortable Gusto! is set to open in an indoor-outdoor space that overlooks meadows and the resort’s airstrip.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
While the base’s airstrip appeared unchanged, a helicopter could be seen on it, and access roads were improved.
—Vasco Cotovio, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
The all-inclusive stay even features airplane charters to the property’s own private airstrip to make travel to the remote location a breeze.
—Shelby Wax, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2024
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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