air base

airbase

n (Military) a centre from which military aircraft operate. Also called: air station

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n. an operations center for units of an air force. [1915]

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Noun

air base - a base for military aircraft air stationbase, base of operations - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

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air base

[′er ‚bās] (aerospace engineering) In the U.S. Air Force, an establishment, comprising an airfield, its installations, facilities, personnel, and activities, for the flight operation, maintenance, and supply of aircraft and air organizations. A similar establishment belonging to any other air force. In a restricted sense, only the physical installation. (mapping) The line joining two air stations, or the length of this line. The distance, at the scale of the stereoscopic model, between adjacent perspective centers as reconstructed in the plotting instrument.

air base

i. An air force station or base.
ii. In aerial photography, the line joining two air stations, the length of this line, or the distance between exposure stations of a stereo pair.
iii. The distance at the scale of the stereoscopic model between two adjacent perspective centers, as constructed in the plotting instrument.

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noun a base for military aircraft

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