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What To Know The U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing, which is the host aviation unit for Kadena Air Base, published photos on Thursday that showed at least nine KC-135 aerial refueling and airlift aircraft, also known as Stratotanker, lining up on a flight line at the base last Friday.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
The airline is also considering positioning refrigerated trailers at its warehouses to keep cans cool before they are loaded onto provisioning trucks to be brought to the flight line.
—Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 17 July 2024
The massive ship is a flexible, floating flight line that can launch fighter jets on a moment’s notice, without any of the limits that host nations in the Middle East can place on Air Force aircraft taking off from bases on their soil.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2024
In his book, Miller describes what happens next — the short jeep drive from the quarters to the flight line — as the most frightening part of the mission to many pilots.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above
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“Flight line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flight%20line. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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