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i. A location where aircraft with all facilities are based. Refers to an air force base, naval air station, and fixed base operator.
ii. In air traffic control phraseology and when transmitted on the radio, it means turning onto the base leg of the circuit pattern. The
base leg, as it is known, is flown at right angles to the runway, just before turning to the final direction for landing.
iii. In photogrammetry, the distance at the scale of the stereoscopic model between adjacent perspective centers as reconstructed in the plotting instrument. Also called an
air base.
iv. In military radio telephony usage, it means the airfield from which the mission was launched, as in “return to base.”
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iii. In photogrammetry, the distance at the scale of the stereoscopic model between adjacent perspective centers as reconstructed in the plotting instrument. Also called an air base.
iv. In military radio telephony usage, it means the airfield from which the mission was launched, as in “return to base.”v. The same as base course.