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That area includes Great Park, a Marine air base that when retired left 4,700 acres empty.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
She was born on a US air base in Germany where her father was stationed, and shortly after that went to live in Taiwan where her mum is from.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2024
In a first this July, both the Chinese and Russian aircraft intercepted near Alaska took off from the same Russian air base, according to CSIS researchers, who also noted this was the partners’ first joint air patrol in the northern Pacific.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
In 2016, two members of the group were arrested after attempting to put a sack over the head of an American soldier at an air base in southern Turkey, according to the Associated Press.
—Ty Roush, Forbes, 3 Sep. 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 5 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
air base
noun
: a base of operations for military aircraft
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