air base
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See also: airbase
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
- (military) A military airport, providing housing and support for aircraft and personnel.
- 1968, Lyman P. Van Slyke, editor, The Chinese Communist Movement: A Report of the United States War Department, July 1945, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 90:
- American officers have observed how Chinese troops stationed at American air bases have frequently refused to shoot at Japanese raiding planes. Asked by an American officer for the reason for this behavior, a Chinese officer at Lao-ho-k’ou air base in Hupeh answered (November 1944): “Well you see, if we shot down a Jap plane, the Japs would be angry and would take revenge and return and bomb the city and do a lot of damage.”
Hyponyms
- air force base (AFB)
- air force station (AFS)
- naval air station (NAS)
- Basa Air Base
Related terms
- airdrome, aerodrome (sometimes synonymous)
- airfreight
- airpower
Translations
military airport
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