: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft
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Aircraft shelters at the air base to the north of the complex also appear to be damaged or destroyed.—Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026 One video geolocated by CNN shows a fighter jet crashing over Kuwait near a US air base.—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026 Earlier Sunday, Macron said an Iranian drone targeting the Port of Abu Dhabi hit a hangar at France's naval air base in the United Arab Emirates.—CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for air base