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Examples of air base in a Sentence
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German soldiers returned those remains to a U.S. air base in May.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024
Those local counterterrorism forces trained by the United States and France put a dent in terrorist activity, using intelligence gleaned from MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drones flying from the sprawling air base in Agadez, in the country’s north.
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Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 7 June 2024
Indeed, Iranian officials told the NYT the Isfahan strikes hit a military air base instead.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2024
Trump was apparently referring to the Iranian strike at an air base in Iraq housing U.S. troops.
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John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined above
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20base. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
air base
noun
: a base of operations for military aircraft
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