air base

noun

: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft

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Kadena is located on the Japanese island of Okinawa and is the closest American air base to Taiwan, a U.S. security partner. Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025 The Arctic island is also home to a U.S. air base and straddles strategic air and sea routes in the North Atlantic. Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025 Duterte at the Villamor air base in Pasay, outside Manila, after arriving from Hong Kong on Tuesday. Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2025 Bulldozers that were cleaning up contamination at a former American air base in southern Vietnam — which both countries might eventually want to use — have gone silent. Damien Cave, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for air base

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air base was in 1913

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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20base. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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air base

noun
: a base of operations for military aircraft

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