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

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air base

There’s military memorabilia all around the office, including an aerial image of the air base at Balad where he worked.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

El-Obeid hosts an infantry division, an air base, a key oil pipeline and a major tree gum market.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The British naval support ship RFA Lyme Bay - which has been equipped with mine-hunting kit - was seen on ship-tracking yesterday off RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Last month’s resupply run showed a deepening Russian hold on the air base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

The train carried him to a perpetual dust storm known as Ephrata, Washington, where there was an air base in the middle of a dry lakebed.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand