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

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Example Sentences

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air base

The bombers cost several hundred million dollars each and until recently, a dozen were sitting in the open at the air base, just northwest of London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The U.S. removed all its B-1 bombers from the U.K.’s RAF Fairford air base, a decision stemming from security concerns over suspected terror plots against the facility, American officials said Sunday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

He told AFP that more will likely be established, in the region and in other nations friendly to China, as it experiments with how to run an air base beyond its borders.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

"With how important Fairford has been with the air base, I'd be quite scared to live there at the moment."

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Cheering, singing patriotic songs, the men climbed into trucks and rolled down dirt roads out of the mountains to an air base.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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