"AFB" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2025 April 10, Brad Lendon, “‘Frankenjet’ stealth fighter made from two wrecked warplanes joins US Air Force fleet”, in CNN:",
          "text": "Almost two and a half years of repairs paid off in January, when the Frankenjet flew for the first time, from Hill AFB to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 facility in Fort Worth, Texas.",
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        "(military, aviation) Initialism of air force base."
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          "word": "acid-fast bacillus"
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        "Initialism of acid-fast bacillus."
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        "(pathology) Initialism of American foulbrood."
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          "word": "AFS"
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