air base

noun

: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft

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Japan and the United States could share the cell’s intelligence with Australia and the Philippines, which could in turn contribute personnel at the air base and provide data from their own unmanned surface and aerial platforms. Ely Ratner, Foreign Affairs, 27 May 2025 On March 17, 1947, Christensen gathered with other flight instructors at a naval air base in Glenview, Illinois. John Blake, CNN Money, 26 May 2025 What is clear is that the ties between the United States and Qatar are already extremely close, in large part because of the sprawling air base there, where the United States has one of its largest operations in the Middle East. Eric Lipton, New York Times, 20 May 2025 The Gulf country hosts America’s largest military air base in the Middle East, which is of interest to war planners but largely unknown to U.S. citizens. Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for air base

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air base was in 1913

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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20base. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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air base

noun
: a base of operations for military aircraft

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