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    AFB
    Air Force Base.
  • A.F.B.
    A.F.B.
    abbreviation
    American Federation for the Blind.

AFB

1 American  
  1. Air Force Base.


A.F.B. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. American Federation for the Blind.


AFB British  

abbreviation

  1. (US) Air Force Base

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His talents led to him being selected by Nasa to instruct at the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California.

From BBC Nov. 10, 2023

Part of Australia's department of home affairs, the AFB is responsible for offshore and onshore border enforcement, investigations, compliance, detention operations as well as customs services in the country.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2023

Advocates stress that accessibility should always be a consideration from the start, “not as an add-on to an already-existing platform well after the fact,” says AFB.

From The Verge Jul. 30, 2021

March marked the five-year anniversary of AFTAC’s $158 million campus at Patrick AFB - which was the largest construction project in the Air Force at the time.

From Washington Times Apr. 20, 2019

For the Air Force the story started on July 31, 1947, when Lieutenant Frank Brown, an intelligence agent at Hamilton AFB, California, received a long-distance phone call.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

Allmon, an award-winning combat photographer who supervised others in the public affairs office at Minot A.F.B.

From Washington Times Nov. 11, 2015

The plane headed back to the U.S. and eventually landed at McCoy A.F.B. in Orlando.

From Time Magazine Archive

Minuteman burst through the clouds over Vandenberg A.F.B.

From Time Magazine Archive

By last week 13,000 persons manned the PMR outposts, from Elmendorf A.F.B. in Alaska to faraway Canton Island, more than 4,000 miles from California.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just as he did last week at Lowry A.F.B.,

From Time Magazine Archive

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