air base

American  

noun

1. an operations center for units of an air force.

2. Aerial Photogrammetry.

   1. a line joining two camera stations.

   2. the length of this line.

3. the distance between the points on the ground over which an aerial photograph is taken.

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air base British  

noun

1. Also called: air station.  a centre from which military aircraft operate

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Etymology

Origin of air base

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

However, the army of Kuwait, which hosts a U.S. air base, confirmed that its air defenses were “confronting hostile missile and drone attacks” in a post on X late Wednesday night.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Flight-tracking websites show military transports have shuttled between the Israeli air base of Nevatim and the U.A.E. throughout the conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

In a Weibo post Monday, the company said satellite imagery had revealed the construction of a new hangar at a Pakistani air base.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Verified pictures show a US command and control aircraft has been destroyed at an air base in Saudi Arabia.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Masha Dolina, who’d been slowly struggling between snowstorms to make her own way to the 587th’s new air base with her navigator and gunner, had stopped to refuel.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein