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Investigators were also not immediately aware of how Taylor was able to board the airplane with a knife, though Williams acknowledged that the country's smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Despite earlier assurances from Chinese President Xi Jinping that China would not militarize the reefs, some now feature airstrips, missile emplacements, ports, and other military infrastructure.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
This place has its own airstrip, which is unusual but not too surprising for a Texas-size park.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Video footage of the crash aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding at high speed across the airstrip and slamming into a concrete wall on the outskirts of the facility, causing an explosion.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
Despite earlier assurances from Chinese President Xi Jinping that China would not militarize the reefs, some now feature airstrips, missile emplacements, ports, and other military infrastructure.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
This place has its own airstrip, which is unusual but not too surprising for a Texas-size park.
—Casey Barber, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Video footage of the crash aired by South Korean television channels showed the plane skidding at high speed across the airstrip and slamming into a concrete wall on the outskirts of the facility, causing an explosion.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Airstrip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airstrip. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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airstrip
noun
air·strip
-ˌstrip 
: a runway without normal air base or airport equipment
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