AFB
Air Force Base.
AFB
1 American
A.F.B.
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American
abbreviation
AFB
British
abbreviation
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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
He'd called Edwards AFB, the big Air Force test base north of Los Angeles, but they had nothing in the air.
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
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
After earning his pilot's wings in 1965, he was sent to Viet Nam, then joined the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory at Wright-Patterson A.F.B. in Ohio.
From Time Magazine Archive
Instead, I became the guest of the Tactical Air Command at Langley A.F.B., just inside the Virginia capes.
From Time Magazine Archive
All across the U.S. last week, dozens of Air Force officers performed one of the saddest duties in the military: serving as couriers for the casualty division at Randolph A.F.B., near San Antonio.
From Time Magazine Archive
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