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1. air base, air stationnoun

   a base for military aircraft

   Synonyms:
   air station

How to use air base in a sentence?

1. Jens Stoltenberg:

   I can confirm that we have seen a substantial build-up of Russian forces in Syria: air forces, air defences, but also ground troops in connection with the air base they have, and we also see an increased naval presence.

2. Nancy Pelosi:

   It was a privilege to engage with American heroes in uniform on the ground in South Korea, led by General Paul LaCamera, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea. During visits to the Demilitarized Zone/Joint Security Area( DMZ/JSA) and Osan Air Base, we conveyed the gratitude of the Congress and the Country for the patriotic service of our Servicemembers, who stand as sentinels of Democracy on the Korean Demilitarized Zone peninsula.

3. Andrew Peek:

   The Kurds have shown themselves more able than we were expecting to conduct offense. We’ve always known the Kurds could defend Kurdish territory particularly well, but the capture of [the air base] is a positive sign that they can move forward.

4. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   I saw some of the A-10s that are flying bombing missions against ISIL (the Pentagon's term for ISIS) when I was at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey last December, and we need the additional payload capacity they can bring to the fight, we're pushing off the A-10's final retirement until 2022 so we can keep more aircraft that can drop smart bombs on ISIL.

5. Michael Elleman:

   The Houthis themselves are not yet well-trained enough to fire a missile like that. The skill and expertise needed to operate the missile and target an air base are probably only present in the rump of Saleh's army.

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