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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

But 20 years later, I was stunned to see a recording of a press conference featuring several former US Air Force personnel, with a couple from Malmstrom AFB, describing similar occurrences in the 1960s.

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2018

The only solid lead that had developed while the Reese AFB intelligence officer and I were investigating the professors' sightings was that the UFO's were birds reflecting the city lights; specifically plover.

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The maneuvers will include test firing of two Minuteman missiles from Vandenberg A.F.B.,

From Time Magazine Archive

The Civil Aeronautics Authority, controlling the airliner, had no knowledge of the jet; the Nellis A.F.B. tower, controlling the jet, knew nothing of the airliner.

From Time Magazine Archive

The uniforms have already been flown to the returnees' primary processing center in the hospital at Clark A.F.B. near Manila.

From Time Magazine Archive

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