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Meaning of airbase in English
(Definition of airbase from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of airbase
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A great deal has been said about whether military airbases should or should not fall within the scope of the directive.
We must also face the uncomfortable fact that the new nuclear threat comes from countries thousands of miles from our airbases.
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The most contentious points, namely environmental noise around airports and also military airbases, are no longer on the table at this reading.
The volume of traffic on the road and into the airbase has increased notably and will increase further over coming months as the number of personnel at the base increases.
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It provided war-fighters with forces for close air support, air interdiction, forward air control, ground based tactical air control, and airbase operations.
As in most war flight simulator games, the main objectives contain defending an airbase, destroying ships, bridges, tanks or buildings and escorting other aircraft.
The airbase is now part of a small industrial estate in the village.
The airbase was served by a 9,800 foot long runway, and there were two parallel taxiways that could be used as emergency landing strips.
Some airbases have revetments, hardened aircraft shelters, or even underground hangars, to protect aircraft from enemy attack.
The main role of this airbase is to train pilots to fly transport planes.
They then attacked an airbase, demanding a refueling plane and the fuel to go with it.
Commonly, gate guardians outside airbases are decommissioned examples of aircraft that were once based there, or still are.
Part of the museum also tells the story of the airbase.
The world consisted of a single-runway airbase and a nearby target range with several bullseye targets.
The purpose of the airbase was to protect the capital from attack.
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