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That agreement has been periodically reaffirmed over the ensuing 75 years, most recently in 2004, ensuring the U.S. can maintain early warning radar, utilize the two-mile-long airstrip on the island, and harness the port at Pituffick, the northernmost deep-water port in the world.
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James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made By History , TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
Last week, the Trump administration delivered 177 Venezuelan men who had been designated for deportation from Guantánamo to the Venezuelan government on an airstrip in Honduras.
—Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
In preparation for the arrival of more migrants, several hundred U.S. military service members have been deployed to Guantánamo and more than a hundred green Army tents have been erected in fields near an airstrip there.
—Sacha Pfeiffer, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
On an airstrip, the hangars stood empty, but some still contained crates of live Russian munitions.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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James Patton Rogers & Caroline Kennedy Pipe / Made By History , TIME, 23 Jan. 2025
Last week, the Trump administration delivered 177 Venezuelan men who had been designated for deportation from Guantánamo to the Venezuelan government on an airstrip in Honduras.
—Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
In preparation for the arrival of more migrants, several hundred U.S. military service members have been deployed to Guantánamo and more than a hundred green Army tents have been erected in fields near an airstrip there.
—Sacha Pfeiffer, NPR, 12 Feb. 2025
On an airstrip, the hangars stood empty, but some still contained crates of live Russian munitions.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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