Sentence examples for the airfield around from inspiring English sources
They were supported by American landing craft equipped with rockets, which bombarded Japanese positions along the coast, while the expansion of the airfield around Finschhafen and the establishment of a naval facility there enabled the Allies to use Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft and PT boats to further attack Japanese resupply efforts.
On May 10, the German attack on the Netherlands began with the capture by parachutists of the bridges at Moerdijk, at Dordrecht, and at Rotterdam and with landings on the airfields around The Hague.
From 12 October until early November, the Fifth Air Force frequently attacked the airfields around the town as well as ships in its harbor.
The airborne troops would on the first day attempt to secure the airfields around the Dutch seat of government, The Hague, and then capture that government, together with the Dutch High Command and Queen Wilhelmina.
The project would double the capacity of the port of Port Moresby, but in order to build it Johns had to divert the African-American 96th Engineers from work on the airfields around Port Moresby, raising fears from airmen like Brigadier General Ennis Whitehead that the airfields would not be ready for all-weather operations by the time that the rainy season arrived.
First, the Polish army had to remove the mines seeded around the airfield.
Some new US commanders told investigators they were surprised at the lack of an extra security perimeter around the airfield itself, and that only half the watchtowers were routinely manned.
Three pillboxes were erected around the airfield's perimeter.
The division met little opposition and secured the planned perimeter line around the airfield area that afternoon.
A number of concrete bunkers were constructed to house the guns, which were still standing around the airfield in October 2007.
Instructed to familiarise himself with the aircraft around the airfield he examined a Caudron Type A, and proceeded to turn over the engine.
