Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation air force base
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- initialism Air Force Base
- initialism acid-fast bacillus
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Examples
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Accidentally and quite unexpectedly for the alien crew, the alien craft was shot down by a surface to air missile from Ramstein AFB, somewhere between Manheim and
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AFB is where they receive their consecration as “military officers of the court.”
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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The helicopter (or one like it) that flew the president from the White House to Andrews AFB is also on display, along with his limosine and LA escort police cars.
What I've Been Up To | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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The distance from Forth Worth to Barksdale AFB is around 220 miles.
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The distance from Houston to Barksdale AFB is 248 miles.
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The background on the military flap is that they [Obama campaign] had clearly planned a trip to Ramstein [AFB].
The Cancellation of Obama’s Troop Visit - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Case, both of whom had been through extensive training for this mission at Elgin AFB, Florida and had been deployed to Vietnam only 2 weeks before.
Smith, George C. 1990
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My next assignment was F-86's at Perrin AFB, Texas.
Yuill, John H. 1990
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Case, both of whom had been through extensive training for this mission at Elgin AFB, Florida and had been deployed to Vietnam only 2 weeks before.
Vohden, Raymond A. 1977
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Operational assignment to the 40th TFS, Eglin AFB, Florida; 2 June 1966 to 29 November 1966: Operation "Wild Weasel" at Nellis AFB, Nevada; 29
Milligan, Joseph E. 1977
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