: a military base chiefly for the operation of aircraft
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In addition to the U.S. Marines' deployment in Darwin, an Australian air base south of Darwin is being upgraded to host six American B-52 bombers.—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025 Siauliai, home to a NATO air base, has long been a focus for Russian intelligence services.—Tomas Dapkus, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 The air base has been in operation since 1957 and covers some 1,300 acres over four main sites.—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025 The United States has sent another group of F-35A stealth fighter jets to an air base in the Western Pacific Ocean, where China and North Korea posed threats to America's allies.—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for air base
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