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AFB

1 American  
  1. Air Force Base.


A.F.B. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. American Federation for the Blind.


AFB British  

abbreviation

  1. (US) Air Force Base

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His talents led to him being selected by Nasa to instruct at the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2023

Part of Australia's department of home affairs, the AFB is responsible for offshore and onshore border enforcement, investigations, compliance, detention operations as well as customs services in the country.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2023

Advocates stress that accessibility should always be a consideration from the start, “not as an add-on to an already-existing platform well after the fact,” says AFB.

From The Verge • Jul. 30, 2021

But 20 years later, I was stunned to see a recording of a press conference featuring several former US Air Force personnel, with a couple from Malmstrom AFB, describing similar occurrences in the 1960s.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2018

For the Air Force the story started on July 31, 1947, when Lieutenant Frank Brown, an intelligence agent at Hamilton AFB, California, received a long-distance phone call.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.