: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft
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The crash occurred in Isfahan, home to a major Iranian air base and a nuclear site previously targeted during the Iran-Israel war in June.—Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026 At the Otis air base hospital, President Kennedy and his sister Jean Kennedy Smith climbed into a white convertible and rode to the house on Squaw Island.—Steven Levingston, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026 At the northwestern Tabriz air base linked to Iran’s medium-range ballistic missiles, taxiways and runways have been restored.—Farida Elsebai, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026 One of the world’s sturdiest planes, a C-130, was on standby at Rawalpindi air base to ferry the body to the man’s village.—Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for air base