At the dirt airstrip, they discovered I wasn't an Afghan.
Satellite images of the island dating from 2008 show a dirt airstrip of 1100 metres.
A senior alliance official said a team of six Americans was in the area to inspect the new dirt airstrip and carry out other activities.
By 1 June, a temporary 3000-foot dirt airstrip and a few barracks were completed.
That agency uses a dirt airstrip at Cucuyagua as a supply point.
I walked back over to where Janks was standing and pointed to the Here drawn up at the end of the dirt airstrip.
From there, Huey helicopters attack field laboratories and dirt airstrips.
Soon Frank pointed out the dirt airstrip next to the Mapleses' house.
It is a dirt airstrip with about 1200 to 1400 m of usable length.
The island has an airfield (dirt airstrip barely visible) that has been out of use for several years.