Examples of air base in a Sentence
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Despite the presence of a major American air base in the province, large sections of the northern districts fell into insurgent hands.
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Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
The Jewish state reacted with a limited strike on an air base in Iran.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 20 May 2024
West Germany hosted hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers and a major air base, Ramstein.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, was at his home at Chez Elan Apartments, around five miles from the air base, when he was killed.
—CBS News, 8 May 2024
Israel reacted with a limited bombing of an Iranian air base.
—Galit Altstein, TIME, 6 May 2024
Defenses around the city and at a nearby Israeli air base fired interceptors.
—Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 5 May 2024
At the demand of the governing junta, the United States is preparing to withdraw about 1,000 troops stationed at an air base in the country’s desert.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel U.S. forces.
—Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
Matthieu Aikins Victor J. Blue Peter Ganim Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 22 May 2024
The Jewish state reacted with a limited strike on an air base in Iran.
—Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 20 May 2024
West Germany hosted hundreds of thousands of U.S. soldiers and a major air base, Ramstein.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, who was based at the Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, was at his home at Chez Elan Apartments, around five miles from the air base, when he was killed.
—CBS News, 8 May 2024
Israel reacted with a limited bombing of an Iranian air base.
—Galit Altstein, TIME, 6 May 2024
Defenses around the city and at a nearby Israeli air base fired interceptors.
—Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 5 May 2024
At the demand of the governing junta, the United States is preparing to withdraw about 1,000 troops stationed at an air base in the country’s desert.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel U.S. forces.
—Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
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“Air base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20base. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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