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

On Monday, The Middle East Eye news site reported that the diplomatic fall-out has led to the UAE evacuating its security personnel and heavy military equipment from the air base in Bosaso.

From BBC

The Oval Office comments came after the U.S. evacuated some personnel from a Qatar air base in a move described as a precaution.

From The Wall Street Journal

Groups of passersby stopped outside the city’s La Carlota air base—one of the sites targeted in Saturday’s military incursion —to take photos, exchanging pleasantries as they snapped photos of the bombed site.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chinese and Russian military planes last year flew patrols near Alaska for the first time, with Chinese long-range bombers operating from a Russian air base.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another hub is a former military air base in Liège, Belgium.

From The Wall Street Journal