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Recent Examples of jetportThe call to the tower gave federal agents enough time to race to the jetport to meet the pilot.—Charles Rabin, Sun Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2022 People who were at the jetport between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday might have been exposed, the agency said.—CBS News, 22 Sep. 2020 Somewhere in the jetport controvert, Nixon took a liking to Reed and appointed him assistant secretary of the Interior.—Alex Harris, miamiherald, 11 July 2018 In addition to recruiting new space hardware companies like rocket manufacturer Blue Origin, the city is trying to certify its jetport as a landing spot for Sierra Nevada's mini-space shuttle Dream Chaser.—Lee Roop, AL.com, 6 July 2017
Work will continue overnight to keep the airfield clear.
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Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
4 Jan. 2025
The airfield is used by Russia's military station its Tu-95MS and Tu-160 jets, which launch cruise missile strikes against Ukraine and are nuclear-capable.
Delivered by Lürssen in 2003, a second helipad was added during a 2008 refit.
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Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
That money went to local infrastructure improvements, including toward a water system and a helipad for medical evacuations, in addition to Perpetua sponsoring the community’s annual harmonica festival, for which it’s known.
About two-thirds of the U.S. bases in the southern part of the island will eventually be vacated, including a logistics hub filled with warehouses, a seaport and the Futenma air base.
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Martin Fackler,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
Unidentified drones swarmed over the Khmeimim air base in northwestern Syria and air defense systems were activated in response, according to the independent Russian outlet ASTRA Press.
The aim is to commercialize both piloted and autonomous civilian aircraft and the $1.4 billion will be spent creating a city-wide infrastructure for flying vehicles, with over 100 take-off and landing points in Guangzhou, a large general aviation aerodrome and a fleet of airborne taxis.
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Mike Hanlon,
New Atlas,
13 Aug. 2024
And a huge concrete area that looked like an aerodrome was awaiting rebuilding as a new suburb.
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