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Christina Coulter, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Guo said his food is rationed at the Antarctic air base and his communication with the outside world is limited.
—Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
After activists with the Palestine Action group broke into Britain’s largest airbase in June and damaged two military aircraft, the British government designated the group a terrorist organization.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Russell Williams once led Canada’s largest air base and flew world leaders.
—Christina Coulter, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Guo said his food is rationed at the Antarctic air base and his communication with the outside world is limited.
—Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
One of SpaceX's broadband-beaming Starlink satellites has been captured overflying a top-secret airbase in China that was photographed by a private American Earth-observation satellite.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
After activists with the Palestine Action group broke into Britain’s largest airbase in June and damaged two military aircraft, the British government designated the group a terrorist organization.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20base. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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