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  • noun A military airport, providing housing and support for aircraft and personnel.

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Examples

  • The U.S. has a strategic relationship with Bishkek through its use of Manas airbase, which is used to supply U.S. coalition-led troops in Afghanistan.

    The Tulip Revolution Wilts Baktybek Abdrisaev And Alexey Semyonov 2010

  • Finally, the U.S. must do some housecleaning of its own and start acting as an honest broker in the region: the ongoing congressional investigation into the deals it struck with the Bakiev regime for the use of the airbase is a step in the right direction.

    Peter Zalmayev: The Cost of Corruption Peter Zalmayev 2010

  • The U.S. has a strategic relationship with Bishkek through its use of Manas airbase, which is used to supply U.S. coalition-led troops in Afghanistan.

    The Tulip Revolution Wilts Baktybek Abdrisaev And Alexey Semyonov 2010

  • The U.S. has a strategic relationship with Bishkek through its use of Manas airbase, which is used to supply U.S. coalition-led troops in Afghanistan.

    The Tulip Revolution Wilts Baktybek Abdrisaev And Alexey Semyonov 2010

  • The U.S. has a strategic relationship with Bishkek through its use of Manas airbase, which is used to supply U.S. coalition-led troops in Afghanistan.

    The Tulip Revolution Wilts Baktybek Abdrisaev And Alexey Semyonov 2010

  • HARRIS: And with that, you see there the door closing on the final set of remains to be taken off of this C-17, carrying this somber and sad cargo from Afghanistan to Ramstein airbase, which is where our Matthew Chance has been standing by at post watching all of this from vantage point of just being a few yards away -- Matthew.

    CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2002 2002

  • "Now what is left and what the rebels are working on is liberating the airbase, which is close to the airport," he said.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • Otunbayeva meanwhile said that the future of the US use of the Kyrgyz Manas airbase, which is essential for supplies to its troops in Afghanistan, was not raised at the talks. logged in to post a comment.

    CommonDreams.org Headlines 2010

  • Russian news agencies said President Kaczynski's plane made four attempts to land in thick fog at the Smolensk airbase, which is near the Katyn Forest mass grave site.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • Otunbayeva meanwhile said that the future of the US use of the Kyrgyz Manas airbase, which is essential for supplies to its troops in Afghanistan, was not raised at the talks.

    AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (AJE) 2010

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