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Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
The British jets were joined by Swedish Gripen jets at the Malbork air base in northern Poland.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
An unidentified drone was spotted flying over an airbase in Geilenkirchen, Germany, where NATO spy planes are stationed.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The two were among other servicemembers who made three trips between the air base and airfield over three days.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
The British jets were joined by Swedish Gripen jets at the Malbork air base in northern Poland.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2025
Noun
Both leaders offered warm remarks at the start of the talks – their first face-to-face in six years – at an airbase in the coastal city of Busan, near to where an international summit is taking place.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
An unidentified drone was spotted flying over an airbase in Geilenkirchen, Germany, where NATO spy planes are stationed.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20base. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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