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[[File:French Air Contingent, NATO Baltic Air-policing.jpg|thumb|[[Fighter aircraft]] at an airbase in [[Lithuania]]]]

An airbase, sometimes referred to as an ''air station'' or ''airfield'', provides basing and support of [[military aircraft]]. Some airbases, known as ''military airports'', provide facilities similar to their civilian counterparts. For example, [[RAF Brize Norton]] in the UK has a terminal that caters to passengers for the [[Royal Air Force]]'s scheduled flights to the [[Falkland Islands]]. Some airbases are co-located with civilian airports, sharing the same ATC facilities, runways, taxiways and emergency services, but with separate terminals, parking areas and hangars. [[Bardufoss Airport]], [[Bardufoss Air Station]] in Norway and [[PuneJagadguru Sant Tukaram Maharaj Airport]] in India are examples of this.

An [[aircraft carrier]] is a warship that functions as a mobile airbase. Aircraft carriers allow a [[Navy|naval force]] to project [[Aerial warfare|air power]] without having to depend on local bases for land-based aircraft. After their development in World War I, aircraft carriers replaced the battleship as the centrepiece of a modern fleet during World War II.