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noun
an operations center for units of an air force.
Aerial Photogrammetry.
  1. a line joining two camera stations.
  2. the length of this line.
the distance between the points on the ground over which an aerial photograph is taken.
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Origin of air base

First recorded in 1915–20
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air base

noun
a centre from which military aircraft operateAlso called: air station
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