Camp Bastion
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The aircraft, being used by the Royal Air Force at the time, suffered a heavy landing at Camp Bastion, a former British Army airbase in Helmand Province.
From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024
The case in Manda Bay has some parallels to a 2012 attack by the Taliban on Camp Bastion, an airfield in southern Afghanistan.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2022
The Camp Bastion complex in Helmand was the headquarters for British military operations from 2006 until 2014.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2021
The Black Hawks departed from the Afghan base wedged between Camp Leatherneck and Camp Bastion, massive hubs used by the Americans and the British at the height of the war.
From New York Times • May 31, 2021
In emergencies surgeons at Camp Bastion, the British base in Afghanistan, aimed not to operate on any patient for more than an hour.
From Economist • Oct. 12, 2017
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