Camp Bastion
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
After getting in contact with a number of regiments, the Queen's Dragoon Guards agreed to take him and he was flown to the British Army base Camp Bastion.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2021
However, they were soon drawn into combat operations; Camp Bastion in Helmand became the base of British Operation Herrick, with 9,500 troops stationed there.
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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