air force bases
Military aviation installations
Air force bases are military installations where a nation's air force operates, housing aircraft, personnel, and support facilities.
The term typically appears in discussions of military infrastructure and defense policy: The country maintains air force bases across three continents.
Individual installations are usually called air force base in the singular: He was stationed at an air force base in Germany.
- control towerAviation guidance facility
- air traffic controlManaging aircraft separation and movement
- barracksSoldiers' residential building
- runwayPaved path for planes
- flight lineAircraft staging area
hangar · flight operations · pilot · commissary · squadron · crew · combat readiness · air defense · fighter jet · strategic bomber · reconnaissance · drone · air traffic controller · jet · ammunition depots · transport aircraft · radar system · aerial surveillance
- Military Sitesforts, military bases, fortresses, naval stations, bunkers
- public propertypublic land, public park, public lands, state property, public library
- British AviationSpitfire, Hurricane, Harrier, Lancaster, Typhoon
- military defenseair defense, missile defense, coastal defense, homeland defense, radar station
air force basesinternational airports
Terminals serving foreign destinations
air force basesnaval bases
Military maritime installations
navy yards · army posts · army bases · naval stations · naval shipyards