aircrew

American

[air-kroo] / ˈɛərˌkru /

Or air crew

noun

U.S. Air Force. the crew of an aircraft.

aircrew British

/ ˈɛəˌkruː /

noun

(sometimes functioning as plural) the crew of an aircraft

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Etymology

Origin of aircrew

First recorded in 1920–25; air ¹ + crew ¹

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aircrew

A Coast Guard aircrew located the boy sitting on top of the overturned boat on Monday morning, and a nearby good Samaritan vessel pulled him to safety.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Officers boarded the aircraft on its arrival and located Kerr, who was being restrained by passengers and aircrew at the rear of the plane.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Tycoon Surinder Arora, who makes a speciality of providing rooms for aircrew near airports, wants his company to install a 2,800-metre runway which would not involve moving the motorway.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

When the F-15E came under fire on Friday, the aircrew pulled their ejection handle, which blew the canopy, blasted the seats out of the cockpit and deployed their parachutes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

One by one, each aircrew dropped their bombs and then returned to their intermediate airfield to refuel.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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