Examples of air base in a Sentence
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There was minimal damage to an Israeli air base, which remained functional, and sadly a seven-year-old girl from a Bedouin village suffered a serious head wound.
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The Editors, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
Of those, several ballistic missiles reached Israeli territory, causing minor damage to an air base.
—Joseph Federman, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
In the two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United States has led an effort to funnel more than $88 billion in weapons and security assistance to Kyiv through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which usually meets at an American air base in Ramstein, Germany.
—Lara Jakes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Officials at the Alaska air base didn’t respond to a request for comment.
—Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
The air base in northern Niger, which was built six years ago for $110 million, has been vital for monitoring extremist groups connected to al-Qaida and the Islamic State, which have increasingly made Africa, rather than the Middle East, their main theater, Langley said.
—Rachel Chason and Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024
The air base in northern Niger, which was built six years ago for $110 million, has been vital for monitoring extremist groups connected to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, which have increasingly made Africa, rather than the Middle East, their main theater, Langley said.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
Last Updated: Live Coverage Feed 27 min ago Hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters protesting outside Incirlik air base in Turkey were met with water cannons and tear gas on Sunday.
—WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
The Iranian response—a barrage of missiles against Al Asad air base in western Iraq—was largely a punch that landed against air.
—Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
The Editors, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
Of those, several ballistic missiles reached Israeli territory, causing minor damage to an air base.
—Joseph Federman, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
In the two years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the United States has led an effort to funnel more than $88 billion in weapons and security assistance to Kyiv through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which usually meets at an American air base in Ramstein, Germany.
—Lara Jakes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Officials at the Alaska air base didn’t respond to a request for comment.
—Aaron Schaffer, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
The air base in northern Niger, which was built six years ago for $110 million, has been vital for monitoring extremist groups connected to al-Qaida and the Islamic State, which have increasingly made Africa, rather than the Middle East, their main theater, Langley said.
—Rachel Chason and Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024
The air base in northern Niger, which was built six years ago for $110 million, has been vital for monitoring extremist groups connected to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, which have increasingly made Africa, rather than the Middle East, their main theater, Langley said.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
Last Updated: Live Coverage Feed 27 min ago Hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters protesting outside Incirlik air base in Turkey were met with water cannons and tear gas on Sunday.
—WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
The Iranian response—a barrage of missiles against Al Asad air base in western Iraq—was largely a punch that landed against air.
—Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20base. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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