Air base

An airbase typically has some facilities similar to a civilian airport; for example, air traffic control and firefighting.All military airbases will have buildings for military administration (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 (mess, informally known as the 'cook house'), accommodation (single living accommodation for junior ranks, Sergeants' and Officers' Mess for senior non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers), recreational facilities (club house for socialising), shopping facilities (NAAFI shops, base exchange, commissary), and sports facilities (gymnasium, swimming pool, sports pitches).[4] Dispersal airbases are not necessarily ordinarily operational in peace time, and may only be activated when needed.Countries known to utilise this strategy are India,[6] Sweden,[7] Finland, Germany (formerly),[5] Singapore, Switzerland,[8] South Korea, Turkey, Poland, Pakistan, and the Czech Republic.They retain modern roles as well as "several acres of sovereign territory a nation can move about at will",[citation needed] which allows greater flexibility in diplomacy as well as military affairs.
F-4G Phantom II and F-16 at Spangdahlem Air Base , Germany in 1990.
A Finnish Airforce BAe Hawk Mk51A fighter (HW-355) at 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.
A JAS 39 Gripen of the Swedish Air Force taking off from a road runway, as part of a dispersal airbase.
Highway strip on the Autobahn A29 near Ahlhorn [ 5 ]
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