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

Reading from a sheet of paper, a female anchor announced that a U.S. aircrew had ejected from a plane in southwestern Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

Robert Harrison, an occupational medicine specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, has treated over 100 aircrew for injury from toxic exposure on a flight, including damage to the central nervous system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025

Like Kaniecki, all his patients were working aircrew, except one, a passenger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2025

None of the aircrew were injured and it's not known if the investigation will impact upcoming scheduled appearances.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025

Life was harder for ground crew than for aircrew.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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