AIR BASE Definition & Meaning

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air base

noun

an operations center for units of an air force.
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1. a line joining two camera stations.
2. the length of this line.
the distance between the points on the ground over which an aerial photograph is taken.

air base

noun

Also called: air station.��a centre from which military aircraft operate

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of air base¹

First recorded in 1915–20

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Large asylum seeker sites like Wethersfield air base in Essex are set to be expanded under plans to end the use of asylum hotels, the BBC can reveal.

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After Operation Spider Web struck air bases deep inside Russia on 1 June, US President Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin and said the Russian president had promised to respond "very strongly" to the attacks.

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The lorries were then apparently driven to locations near the Russian air bases by drivers who were seemingly unaware of their cargo.

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The conversation between the two leaders marks the first since Ukraine launched an audacious attack striking Russian air bases on 1 June, targeting nuclear-capable long-range bombers.

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Kyiv said it smuggled more than 100 drones into Russia and managed to get them delivered near air bases by unsuspecting lorry drivers.

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air ball air battery

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