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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
Britain agreed to do so in a draft deal in October, but that has been delayed by a change of government in Mauritius and reported quarrels over how much the U.K. should pay for the lease of the Diego Garcia air base.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
But they were confined inside the fence of a remote, frozen American air base, the only place protesters could not show up.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Engels air base hosts some of Russia’s Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-160 bombers, which regularly launch missiles at Ukrainian cities.
—David Axe, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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The Trump administration is torn over how to respond to Russia’s military presence in Syria and whether to ask the new transitional government to oust Russian forces from a naval and air base in the country.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 6 Apr. 2025
Britain agreed to do so in a draft deal in October, but that has been delayed by a change of government in Mauritius and reported quarrels over how much the U.K. should pay for the lease of the Diego Garcia air base.
—Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
But they were confined inside the fence of a remote, frozen American air base, the only place protesters could not show up.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Engels air base hosts some of Russia’s Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-160 bombers, which regularly launch missiles at Ukrainian cities.
—David Axe, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20base. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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