Air base

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For the Swedish DJ and musician known as 'Airbase', see Airbase (DJ).
F-4G Phantom II and F-16 at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany in 1990.
Kauhava Airport in Kauhava, Finland
in 2008.
Osan Air Base, an airbase shared by United States Air Force and Republic of Korea Air Force in South Korea.

An airbase[1][2] (stylised air base in American English), sometimes referred to as a military airbase, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base, is an aerodrome or airport used as a military base by a military force for the operation of military aircraft.

Airbase facilities

An airbase typically has some facilities similar to a

Burlington International Airport
(USA),
Eindhoven airport (The Netherlands). Likewise, the opposite also occurs; large civilian airports may contain a smaller military airbase within their environs, such as Royal Brunei Air Force Base, Rimba (located within Brunei International Airport
).

Some airbases have dispersed aircraft parking,

anti-aircraft weapons and force protection
troops.

A JAS 39 Gripen of the Swedish Air Force taking off from a road runway, as part of a dispersal airbase.

Dispersal airbase

A dispersal (or dispersed) airbase is an airfield that is used for the purpose of

dispersing air units in the event of conflict, so to minimise the vulnerability of aircraft and its supporting units whilst on the ground.[4] Dispersal airbases are not necessarily ordinarily operational in peace time, and may only be activated when needed. Airfields used as dispersal bases can either be auxiliary military airfields, civilian airports, or highway strips. Examples of uses of dispersal bases are the Swedish Bas 60 and Bas 90 systems, the British V-Bomber dispersal bases, and NATO's Dispersed Operating Bases in France
.

Highway strip on the Autobahn A29 near Ahlhorn[5]

Road airbase

Main article: Highway strip

Road airbases are

F/A-18s, which can land on aircraft carriers).[9]

Aircraft carrier

See also: Unsinkable aircraft carrier

An

disaster relief
.

See also

References

  1. Cambridge Dictionary
    . n.d. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. Collins Dictionary
    . n.d. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ^ Ronald V. (20 December 2010). "Brüggen". ForgottenAirfields.com. Netherlands: Abandoned forgotten & little known airfields in Europe. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  4. ^ Halliday, John M. (February 1987). "Tactical Dispersal of Fighter Aircraft" (PDF). RAND Corporation.
  5. ^ a b Ronald V. (9 September 2011). "Ahlhorn highway strip". ForgottenAirfields.com. Netherlands: Abandoned forgotten & little known airfields in Europe. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Mirage 2000 fighter jet test-lands on Yamuna Expressway near Delhi as part of trials". ndtv.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  7. ^ [1] Archived February 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ISBN 978-3-9524239-0-5. Archived from the original
    on 15 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Puolustusvoimat – Försvarsmakten – The Finnish Defence Forces". Finnish Defence Forces. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2015.

External links

  • The dictionary definition of airbase at Wiktionary
  • Media related to Airbases at Wikimedia Commons
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