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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
Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Russian cargo planes make regular flights transporting troops and equipment between Qamishli and Hmeimim Airbase in Syria’s western coastal Latakia province, Moscow’s main airbase in the country.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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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
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
Russian cargo planes make regular flights transporting troops and equipment between Qamishli and Hmeimim Airbase in Syria’s western coastal Latakia province, Moscow’s main airbase in the country.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20base. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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