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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air base

Launching an explosive drone at a U.K. air base could be technically difficult given counterdrone technology, said Robert Tollast, a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute, a U.K. military think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there are strong indications that Iran played a part in a foiled attack on the RAF Fairford air base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Counter-terror police are leading the investigation after authorities were tipped off just after midnight on Sunday about three "suspicious" white vans appearing to head towards the air base in Gloucestershire, southwest England.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Scuttlebutt around the base was that the Third’s job would be to take Bougainville, an enemy air base in the Solomon Islands where the Japanese were dug in deep.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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