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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Prior to its designation as a terror group, Palestine Action was linked to a break-in at the Royal Air Force's Brize Norton air base in Oxfordshire, England, in June last year.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
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 film required an Air Force training school and an air base that still preserved a genuine 1970s aesthetic.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Prior to its designation as a terror group, Palestine Action was linked to a break-in at the Royal Air Force's Brize Norton air base in Oxfordshire, England, in June last year.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
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 3 Mar. 2026.
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