air base

noun

: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft

Examples of air base in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Al Udeid, the US air base outside Doha built from 1996, gave Washington a forward hub and gave Qatar protection no amount of gas money could buy on its own. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

The Iranian Army claimed to have targeted US military assets in Jordan, including launching drone strikes on communications systems and fuel storage at the Al-Azraq air base, Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency and Press TV reported. — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

The test, conducted at the Alamogordo air base, was the culmination of the Manhattan Project, the classified American effort to build an atom bomb—before Nazi Germany could do the same. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

German media reports say Kaufbeuren will host the system’s radar installation, while the interceptor launchers for the battery are expected to be stationed at the nearby Lechfeld air base. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for air base

• abase
• airspace
• apace
• backspace
• biface
• birthplace
• blackface
• boldface
• bookcase
• braincase
• briefcase
• carcase

Kids Definition

air base

noun

: a base of operations for military aircraft