Sentence examples for damaged airstrip from inspiring English sources
The damaged airstrip – it is said to be crumbling – is not due to cyclone damage, but rather degradation over time and government delays in upgrading.
There isn't even serious talk about damaging the military airstrips that Sudan's warplanes take off from before dropping bombs on civilians, or about forcing a humanitarian corridor, or about arranging airdrops of food.
Two days later three Caproni bombers of the Regia Aeronautica attacked Wajir, one of No. 237 Squadron's forward airstrips, damaging two Rhodesian aircraft.
On 22 March nine Kittyhawks attacked the Japanese airstrip at Lae, destroying 14 aircraft (including two during a dogfight) and damaging another five twoo Australian aircraft were lost in this operation though another three crashed in separate accidents on 22 March.
The small airstrip suffered damage that rendered it unusable for supply flights until 20 January.
Due to the severity of the damage in Corozal, an airstrip was built to help deliver relief to the city more efficiently.
Initial assessments found the airstrip sustained "minor to light" damage, and is open to medical emergency aircraft but not public flights.
On 5 and 6 March, Japanese bombers attacked ships in the anchorage, and the airstrip and village at Vivigani, but caused no damage and only wounded two men.
TV footage showed extensive damage to the fixed wing plane, which lay upside down in a field 20m from the airstrip.
Across the region, the combination of rainfall and strong winds downed power lines, disrupted phone service, and flooded two major highways; additionally, the storm left widespread damage to other roads and airstrips.
