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Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 19 Jan. 2026
For nearly 30 years, there have been plans to build a veterans' clinic and final resting place on the property of the old Alameda air base.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
An unidentified drone was spotted flying over an airbase in Geilenkirchen, Germany, where NATO spy planes are stationed.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Baghdad expects logistical support to transit through the coalition’s air base in Erbil and did not rule out joint US-Iraqi counter-ISIS operations launched from Al-Asad if deemed necessary.
—Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 19 Jan. 2026
For nearly 30 years, there have been plans to build a veterans' clinic and final resting place on the property of the old Alameda air base.
—John Ramos, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
Both leaders offered warm remarks at the start of the talks – their first face-to-face in six years – at an airbase in the coastal city of Busan, near to where an international summit is taking place.
—Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
An unidentified drone was spotted flying over an airbase in Geilenkirchen, Germany, where NATO spy planes are stationed.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20base. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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