Air Force

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noun

the U.S. department consisting of practically all military aviation forces, established July 26, 1947.

air force, a similar department in any military organization.

air force, (formerly) the largest unit in the U.S. Army Air Forces.

air force, a unit of U.S. Air Force command between an air division and an air command.

Sometimes air force . the military unit of a nation charged with carrying out military operations in the air.

British. Royal Air Force.

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Origin of Air Force

First recorded in 1915–1920

Words nearby Air Force

airfield, air filter, air fleet, airflow, airfoil, Air Force, Air Force Cross, Air Force One, airframe, airfreight, air freshener

How to use Air Force in a sentence

At this point, there's no evidence Carrillo — a 32-year-old Air Force staff sergeant stationed at Travis Air Force Base in Northern California — ever heard the podcast or communicated with the men who recorded it.
The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.|by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE|February 1, 2021|ProPublica
Former Air Force pilot and self-described serial entrepreneur Riley Rees initially went the traditional route with her startup, Sofia Health.
The founder who decided to to stop fundraising and instead hold onto her equity|Rachel King|January 24, 2021|Fortune
Then DARPA borrowed two F5 supersonic Air Force planes for a test around 2002 over the Mojave Desert.
The NASA Engineer Who’s a Mathematician at Heart|Susan D'Agostino|January 19, 2021|Quanta Magazine
An Air Force official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Sunday night that Brock’s role in that position was administrative in nature and “fairly removed from students.”
Two men who allegedly held zip ties in Capitol during riots being investigated by U.S. counterterrorism prosecutors|Spencer Hsu, Meryl Kornfield, Paulina Villegas, Dan Lamothe|January 11, 2021|Washington Post

The website bellingcat compiled all Babbitt’s social media drops to try to make sense of how she went from an Air Force veteran to a radical storming the Capitol.
Politics Report: A Disturbing Week|Scott Lewis|January 9, 2021|Voice of San Diego
And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In other words, the Air Force is saying that its drone force has been stretched to its limits.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The result is that drone operators are leaving the Air Force in droves.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The fact that he had been one of the best mechanical engineers in the Air Force never occurred to him at the time.
Tight Squeeze|Dean Charles Ing
She had a shock of bright pink hair and a sharp, rodent-like face, with big sunglasses that were practically air-force goggles.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
He got off Air Force 1, and he went over to the crowd that was gathered around the rail, shook hands, went up and down.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
When we arrived at Air Force 1, he commented that that certainly had been a very interesting and pleasant morning.
Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
There was a steady, monotonous rumbling high above where Air Force planes patrolled outside the Park.
Operation Terror|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

British Dictionary definitions for Air Force

air force

noun

the branch of a nation's armed services primarily responsible for air warfare
(as modifier)an air-force base

a formation in the US and certain other air forces larger than an air division but smaller than an air command

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