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hreflang="or" data-title="ସାମରିକ ଏୟାର ବେସ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baza_lotnicza" title="Baza lotnicza – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Baza lotnicza" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_a%C3%A9rea" title="Base aérea – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Base aérea" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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/></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">F-4G Phantom II</a> and <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16</a> at <a href="/wiki/Spangdahlem_Air_Base" title="Spangdahlem Air Base">Spangdahlem Air Base</a>, Germany in 1990.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hawk_airforce.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Hawk_airforce.jpg/250px-Hawk_airforce.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Hawk_airforce.jpg/375px-Hawk_airforce.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Hawk_airforce.jpg/500px-Hawk_airforce.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="803" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish Airforce</a> <a href="/wiki/BAE_Systems_Hawk" title="BAE Systems Hawk">BAe Hawk Mk51A</a> fighter (HW-355) at <a href="/wiki/Kauhava_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Kauhava Airport">Kauhava Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kauhava" title="Kauhava">Kauhava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> in 2008.</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Osan_Air_Base_51_FW_F-16_A-10_Flyby.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Osan_Air_Base_51_FW_F-16_A-10_Flyby.jpg/250px-Osan_Air_Base_51_FW_F-16_A-10_Flyby.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Osan_Air_Base_51_FW_F-16_A-10_Flyby.jpg/375px-Osan_Air_Base_51_FW_F-16_A-10_Flyby.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Osan_Air_Base_51_FW_F-16_A-10_Flyby.jpg/500px-Osan_Air_Base_51_FW_F-16_A-10_Flyby.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3916" data-file-height="2216" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Osan_Air_Base" title="Osan Air Base">Osan Air Base</a>, an airbase shared by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">Republic of Korea Air Force</a> in South Korea.</figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>airbase</b><sup id="cite_ref-CambsDict_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CambsDict-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (stylised <b>air base</b> in American English), sometimes referred to as a <b>military airbase</b>, <b>military airfield</b>, <b>military airport</b>, <b>air station</b>, <b>naval air station</b>, <b>air force station</b>, or <b>air force base</b>, is an <a href="/wiki/Aerodrome" title="Aerodrome">aerodrome</a> or airport used as a <a href="/wiki/Military_base" title="Military base">military base</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Military" title="Military">military</a> force for the operation of <a href="/wiki/Military_aircraft" title="Military aircraft">military aircraft</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Airbase_facilities">Airbase facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_base&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Airbase facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An airbase typically has some facilities similar to a <a href="/wiki/Civil_aviation" title="Civil aviation">civilian</a> <a href="/wiki/Airport" title="Airport">airport</a>; for example, <a href="/wiki/Air_traffic_control" title="Air traffic control">air traffic control</a> and <a 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Some military aerodromes have passenger facilities; for example, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Brize_Norton" title="RAF Brize Norton">RAF Brize Norton</a> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> has a terminal used by passengers for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>'s passenger transport flights. A number of military airbases may also have a <a href="/wiki/Civil_enclave" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil enclave">civil enclave</a> for commercial passenger flights, e.g. <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Nanyuan_Airport" title="Beijing Nanyuan Airport">Beijing Nanyuan Airport</a> (China), <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_Airport" title="Chandigarh Airport">Chandigarh Airport</a> (India), <a href="/wiki/Ibaraki_Airport" title="Ibaraki Airport">Ibaraki Airport</a> (Japan), <a href="/wiki/Burlington_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Burlington International Airport">Burlington International Airport</a> (USA), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sheikh_Ul-Alam_International_Airport_Srinagar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sheikh Ul-Alam International Airport Srinagar (page does not exist)">Sheikh Ul-Alam International Airport Srinagar</a> (India), <a href="/wiki/Taipei_Songshan_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Taipei Songshan Airport">Taipei Songshan Airport</a> (Taiwan), <a href="/wiki/Eindhoven_airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Eindhoven airport">Eindhoven airport</a> (The Netherlands). Likewise, the opposite also occurs; large civilian airports may contain a smaller military airbase within their environs, such as <a href="/wiki/Royal_Brunei_Air_Force_Base,_Rimba" title="Royal Brunei Air Force Base, Rimba">Royal Brunei Air Force Base, Rimba</a> (located within <a href="/wiki/Brunei_International_Airport" title="Brunei International Airport">Brunei International Airport</a>). </p><p>Some airbases have dispersed aircraft parking, <a href="/wiki/Revetment_(aircraft)" title="Revetment (aircraft)">revetments</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hardened_aircraft_shelter" title="Hardened aircraft shelter">hardened aircraft shelters</a>, or even <a href="/wiki/Underground_hangar" title="Underground hangar">underground hangars</a>, to protect aircraft from enemy attack. <a href="/wiki/Combat_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat aircraft">Combat aircraft</a> require secure protected storage of <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_ordnance" title="Aircraft ordnance">aircraft ordnance</a> and munitions. Other facilities may also include technical buildings for servicing and support of survival equipment (including <a href="/wiki/Flying_helmet" class="mw-redirect" title="Flying helmet">flying helmets</a> and personal liquid oxygen), flight simulator for synthetic training, servicing facilities for all aircraft systems (airframes, propulsion, avionics, weapons systems)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and associated ground support systems (including mechanical transport). All military airbases will have buildings for <a href="/wiki/Military_administration" title="Military administration">military administration</a> (station headquarters, squadron briefing and operations), and larger bases will also include medical and dental facilities for military personnel (and sometimes their dependents), along with dining (<a href="/wiki/Mess" title="Mess">mess</a>, informally known as the 'cook house'), accommodation (single living accommodation for <a href="/wiki/Junior_ranks" title="Junior ranks">junior ranks</a>, Sergeants' and Officers' Mess for senior non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers), recreational facilities (club house for socialising), shopping facilities (<a href="/wiki/NAAFI" class="mw-redirect" title="NAAFI">NAAFI</a> shops, base exchange, commissary), and sports facilities (gymnasium, swimming pool, sports pitches). An airbase may be defended by <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft weapon">anti-aircraft weapons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Force_protection" title="Force protection">force protection</a> troops. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gripen_taking_off_from_road_runway.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Gripen_taking_off_from_road_runway.jpg/220px-Gripen_taking_off_from_road_runway.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Gripen_taking_off_from_road_runway.jpg/330px-Gripen_taking_off_from_road_runway.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Gripen_taking_off_from_road_runway.jpg/440px-Gripen_taking_off_from_road_runway.jpg 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="368" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen" title="Saab JAS 39 Gripen">JAS 39 Gripen</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Swedish Air Force</a> taking off from a road runway, as part of a dispersal airbase.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dispersal_airbase">Dispersal airbase</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_base&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Dispersal airbase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A dispersal (or dispersed) airbase is an airfield that is used for the purpose of <a href="/wiki/Force_dispersal" class="mw-redirect" title="Force dispersal">dispersing</a> air units in the event of conflict, so to minimise the vulnerability of aircraft and its supporting units whilst on the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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 <a href="/wiki/Highway_strip" class="mw-redirect" title="Highway strip">highway strips</a>. Examples of uses of dispersal bases are the <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Swedish</a> <a href="/wiki/Bas_60" title="Bas 60">Bas 60</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bas_90" title="Bas 90">Bas 90</a> systems, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_V_Bomber_dispersal_bases" title="List of V Bomber dispersal bases">British V-Bomber dispersal bases</a>, and <a href="/wiki/NATO_Dispersed_Operating_Bases" title="NATO Dispersed Operating Bases">NATO's Dispersed Operating Bases</a> in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Autobahn_Notlandeplatz_A29_Ahlhorn_DoD_DF-ST-85-05075.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Autobahn_Notlandeplatz_A29_Ahlhorn_DoD_DF-ST-85-05075.jpg/220px-Autobahn_Notlandeplatz_A29_Ahlhorn_DoD_DF-ST-85-05075.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Autobahn_Notlandeplatz_A29_Ahlhorn_DoD_DF-ST-85-05075.jpg/330px-Autobahn_Notlandeplatz_A29_Ahlhorn_DoD_DF-ST-85-05075.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Autobahn_Notlandeplatz_A29_Ahlhorn_DoD_DF-ST-85-05075.jpg/440px-Autobahn_Notlandeplatz_A29_Ahlhorn_DoD_DF-ST-85-05075.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1878" data-file-height="2593" /></a><figcaption>Highway strip on the <a href="/wiki/Bundesautobahn_29" title="Bundesautobahn 29">Autobahn A29</a> near <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ahlhorn" title="RAF Ahlhorn">Ahlhorn</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ahlhorn_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahlhorn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Road_airbase">Road airbase</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_base&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Road airbase"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Highway_strip" class="mw-redirect" title="Highway strip">Highway strip</a></div> <p>Road airbases are <a href="/wiki/Highway" title="Highway">highways</a> constructed to double as auxiliary airbases in the event of war. Countries known to utilise this strategy are <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">India</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Sweden</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finland</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">Germany</a> (formerly),<sup id="cite_ref-Ahlhorn_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahlhorn-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Singapore_Air_Force" title="Republic of Singapore Air Force">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motorways_of_Switzerland#Military_significance" title="Motorways of Switzerland">Switzerland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/ROKAF" class="mw-redirect" title="ROKAF">South Korea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polish_Air_Force" title="Polish Air Force">Poland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Air_Force" title="Czech Air Force">Czech Republic</a>. In the case of <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish</a> road airbases, the space needed for landing aircraft is reduced by means of an <a href="/wiki/Arrestor_wires" class="mw-redirect" title="Arrestor wires">arrestor wire</a>, similar to that used on some aircraft carriers (<a href="/wiki/Finnish_Air_Force" title="Finnish Air Force">Finnish Air Force</a> uses <a href="/wiki/F/A-18" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18">F/A-18s</a>, which were originally designed to land on aircraft carriers).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_carrier">Aircraft carrier</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_base&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aircraft carrier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Unsinkable_aircraft_carrier" title="Unsinkable aircraft carrier">Unsinkable aircraft carrier</a></div> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> is a type of <a href="/wiki/Naval_ship" title="Naval ship">naval ship</a> which serves as a seaborne airbase, the development of which has greatly enhanced the capabilities of modern <a href="/wiki/Air_force" title="Air force">air forces</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviation" title="Naval aviation">naval aviation</a>. In many countries, they are now a key part of the military, allowing for their military aircraft to be staged much nearer the area of conflict. Aircraft carriers were vital to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United States of America">United States</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, and to the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> in the 1982 <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a>. They retain modern roles as well as "several acres of sovereign territory a nation can move about at will",<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> which allows greater flexibility in diplomacy as well as military affairs. Aircraft carriers may also used in <a href="/wiki/Disaster_relief" class="mw-redirect" title="Disaster relief">disaster relief</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_base&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Air Force stations">List of Royal Air Force stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_installations" title="List of Royal Australian Air Force installations">List of Royal Australian Air Force installations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Canadian_Air_Force_stations" title="List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations">List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_installations" title="List of United States Air Force installations">List of United States Air Force installations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Soviet_Air_Force_bases" title="List of Soviet Air Force bases">List of Soviet Air Force bases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_of_military_air_bases" title="Naming of military air bases">Naming of military air bases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satellite_airfield" title="Satellite airfield">Satellite airfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_base" title="Naval base">Naval base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submarine_base" title="Submarine base">Submarine base</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_base&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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