air base

noun

: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft

Examples of air base in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Iranian forces targeted military infrastructure at an air base in Kuwait, according to state media on Friday. — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

But that proximity worked to Cyprus’ detriment last March when a Shaheed drone that officials said was launched from Lebanon struck an aircraft hangar at a British air base on the island’s southern coast. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

The deaths span drone strikes in Kuwait, a missile attack on a Saudi air base, a refueling crash over Iraq, a helicopter downed in the Arabian Sea and missile defenses in Jordan. — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

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

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