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Airbase
An Airbase, sometimes referred to as a military airport or airfield, provides basing and support of military aircraft.
Some airbases provide facilites very like civilian airports. For example, RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, England has a terminal which caters for passengers for the Royal Air Force's scheduled flights, e.g. the Tristar to the Falkland Islands.
Other structures and equipment are specific to military airfields, e.g.:
- Anti-aircraft weapons, e.g. surface-to-air missiles, to protect from air attack.
- Hardened Aircraft Shelters to protect individual aircraft from aerial strikes.
Mobile airbases
An aircraft carrier is a naval ship that serves as a seaborne airbase.
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