British-born star Greer Garson plays Mrs Miniver, an allegedly "middle-class" and "ordinary" woman in an English country village unfortunately close to a strategic airfield.

In World War II, a strategic airfield of the Imperial Japanese Army was located there, serving as a base for operations in the Pacific theatre.

The role of these forces was to defend strategic airfields which could be used to launch attacks on the Australian mainland.

The Allied forces were concentrated around the strategic airfield of Penfui.

During this period, he sat on numerous parliamentary committees, one of which recommended building a strategic airfield in the Falkland Islands after the war.

The enemy, firmly entrenched in caves and tunnels that honeycombed the hills overlooking the beach and the strategic airfield, proved difficult to dislodge.

RCT 23 attacked Roi with its strategic airfield.

The metropolitan operation would be led by Colonel Antoine Argoud, with French paratroopers descending on strategic airfields.

RAF Kenley was a strategic airfield in the Battle of Britain.

In theory,' said Emery, 'defence costs might fall once there's a proper strategic airfield.