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airfields

noun

plural of airfield

as in airports

a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal the passenger jet made an emergency landing at an abandoned airfield

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Recent Examples of airfields The system is intended for missions against targets such as logistics hubs, airfields, command posts, and other infrastructure. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026 An International Civil Aviation Organization code, or better known as ICAO, is used to designate airfields. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026 By 2024, they were regularly being used to strike Russian airfields, ammunition depots and oil refineries. — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 The network of pipelines and refineries necessary for military airfields, for example, was foundational for the petrolization of societies. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 Ukraine struck Russian oil facilities, airfields, logistics and infrastructure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social media post on Wednesday, referring to attacks over the previous 24 hours. — ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026 These were quick to convert and quick to put to sea in sufficient numbers to protect convoys far from the defense of any airfields. — David Szondy july 21, New Atlas, 22 July 2026 After several of the most dramatic strikes—against Russian oil refineries, military airfields, weapons factories—President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the company and its engineers. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026 Since 2014, the Russian military has opened several military bases in the Arctic and worked on reconstructing airfields. — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

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Ukrainian drones killed a woman in a Russian border region and disrupted flights at Moscow's airports, according to Russian authorities.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
The Houthis have repeatedly attacked airports and oil infrastructure across the kingdom with drones and missiles that can change direction during flight, posing a challenge to interceptors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026

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