Sentence examples for on airfields from inspiring English sources

Much of the natural world is destroyed so that the very rich can fit their yachts with mahogany, eat bluefin tuna sushi, scatter ground rhino horn over their food, land their private jets on airfields carved from rare grasslands, burn in one day as much fossil fuel as the average global citizen uses in a year.

A no-fly zone would require far more airstrikes on airfields and anti-aircraft batteries, for instance, putting American pilots in danger against Syrian missiles and jets.

With overland supply routes closed in Pakistan, NATO is relying heavily on airfields in Azerbaijan to move supplies to and from Afghanistan.

Although vehicle operation on airfields by ground staff could occur, even when aircraft are grounded, we focus on aircraft operations for the fragility function chart (Fig. 5).

Countermeasures were taken against a possible assault on airfields and ports.

This caused for confusion in pilots landing on airfields other than their own.

He is a member of the Committee on Airfield and Airspace Capacity and Delay, Transportation Research Board.

Blake et al. (2017a) investigates the skid resistance at airports, an important factor which enables aircraft acceleration, deceleration and change of direction on airfield surfaces.

In 1925, the territorial legislature authorized the spending of up to $40,000 per year on airfield construction.

The fleet returned to waters off Okinawa on 4 May and renewed its attacks on the airfields on the Sakishima Islands.

In September 1942 they carried out Operation Anglo, a raid on two airfields on the island of Rhodes, from which only two men returned.