: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft
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The visit underscored Qatar's significance, not only due to its hosting of Al Udeid, the largest U.S. air base in the Middle East, but also because of its role in regional conflict mediation.—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for air base
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