Further, there was greater collaboration among domestic agencies through several successful joint operations; the discovery and destruction of illegal airstrips, and sharing of information on trans-shipment routes – maritime & air.

Source: https://guyanatimesgy.com/canu-seized-1-1b-in-narcotics-for-2022/

If approved, the Willow Project would construct up to 250 wells, two airstrips, and a network of gravel roads, pipelines, plus a new central processing facility in a remote, ecologically sensitive corner of the Arctic.

Source: https://njtoday.news/2023/02/20/outrage-as-biden-team-advances-8-billion-alaska-oil-drilling-scheme/

I then thought about some of those improvised island airstrips built by the U.S. Navy Seabees in the South Pacific during World War II.

Source: https://www.salisburypost.com/2023/03/18/mack-williams-palm-sunday-road-reverie/

With Khartoum airport disabled after battles that left charred aircraft on the runways, many foreigners were airlifted out from smaller airstrips, to countries including Djibouti and Jordan.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230424-foreign-countries-rush-to-evacuate-nationals-as-sudan-fighting-rages-on