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Air Force

noun

  1. the U.S. department consisting of practically all military aviation forces, established July 26, 1947.
  2. air force, a similar department in any military organization.
  3. air force, (formerly) the largest unit in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
  4. air force, a unit of U.S. Air Force command between an air division and an air command.
  5. Sometimes air force. the military unit of a nation charged with carrying out military operations in the air.
  6. British. Royal Air Force.


air force

noun

    1. the branch of a nation's armed services primarily responsible for air warfare
    2. ( as modifier )

      an air-force base

  1. a formation in the US and certain other air forces larger than an air division but smaller than an air command
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Air Force1

First recorded in 1915–1920
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Example Sentences

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.

Former Air Force pilot and self-described serial entrepreneur Riley Rees initially went the traditional route with her startup, Sofia Health.

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Then DARPA borrowed two F5 supersonic Air Force planes for a test around 2002 over the Mojave Desert.

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.”

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.

And Air Force assessors are the first to say such imaging never tells the whole story.

The Pentagon said Faal served in the Air Force for seven years, during which time he became a U.S. citizen.

In other words, the Air Force is saying that its drone force has been stretched to its limits.

The result is that drone operators are leaving the Air Force in droves.

The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones.

The fact that he had been one of the best mechanical engineers in the Air Force never occurred to him at the time.

She had a shock of bright pink hair and a sharp, rodent-like face, with big sunglasses that were practically air-force goggles.

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.

When we arrived at Air Force 1, he commented that that certainly had been a very interesting and pleasant morning.

There was a steady, monotonous rumbling high above where Air Force planes patrolled outside the Park.

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