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air base

–noun
1. an operations center for units of an air force.
2. Aerial Photogrammetry.
a. a line joining two camera stations.
b. the length of this line.
3. the distance between the points on the ground over which an aerial photograph is taken.

Origin:
1915–20
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air base  
n.  A base for military aircraft.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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