air base

noun

: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft

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Infrared imaging released by the GUR shows the targeting of the helicopters at an air base. Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 Right next door to it is one of Africa’s five longest runways, offering the U.S. the possibility of both a sea and air base that can strike Houthi rebels to the north and Al Shabaab terrorists to the east. Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025 After going through system checklists in an attempt to remedy the problem, the pilot got on a conference call with engineers from the plane’s manufacturer, Lockheed Martin, as the plane flew near the air base. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025 The monitoring, conducted over the first three weeks of August, showed a rare deployment of a Beriev A-50U airborne early warning and control aircraft to Rogachevo air base on the southern island of the Arctic archipelago. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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air base

noun
: a base of operations for military aircraft

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