Examples of air base in a Sentence
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The air base in northern Niger, which was built six years ago for $110 million, has been vital for monitoring extremist groups connected to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, which have increasingly made Africa, rather than the Middle East, their main theater, Langley said.
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Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
Last Updated: Live Coverage Feed 27 min ago Hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters protesting outside Incirlik air base in Turkey were met with water cannons and tear gas on Sunday.
—WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
The Iranian response—a barrage of missiles against Al Asad air base in western Iraq—was largely a punch that landed against air.
—Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
His family settled in Tachikawa, the site of a military air base outside Tokyo.
—Tim Page, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
Iran retaliated with a ballistic missile attack on al-Asad air base in western Iraq where more than 100 U.S. troops suffered traumatic brain injuries.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Al-Asad is a large air base in western Iraq where U.S. troops have trained Iraqi security forces and now coordinate operations to counter the militant Islamic State group.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2024
In the first days of 2020, Iran fired a barrage of missiles at an Iraqi air base housing U.S. troops.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The United States also has about 2,000 troops stationed at an air base in Azraq, Jordan, as well as Special Operations forces and military trainers.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
Last Updated: Live Coverage Feed 27 min ago Hundreds of pro-Palestinian supporters protesting outside Incirlik air base in Turkey were met with water cannons and tear gas on Sunday.
—WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
The Iranian response—a barrage of missiles against Al Asad air base in western Iraq—was largely a punch that landed against air.
—Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
His family settled in Tachikawa, the site of a military air base outside Tokyo.
—Tim Page, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
Iran retaliated with a ballistic missile attack on al-Asad air base in western Iraq where more than 100 U.S. troops suffered traumatic brain injuries.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Al-Asad is a large air base in western Iraq where U.S. troops have trained Iraqi security forces and now coordinate operations to counter the militant Islamic State group.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2024
In the first days of 2020, Iran fired a barrage of missiles at an Iraqi air base housing U.S. troops.
—Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2024
The United States also has about 2,000 troops stationed at an air base in Azraq, Jordan, as well as Special Operations forces and military trainers.
—Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined above
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air base
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: a base of operations for military aircraft
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