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general of the air force

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noun

  1. the highest ranking officer in the U.S. Air Force.


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After the Baathists seized power in 1963, Assad became general of the air force, then Minister of Defense.

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The other was General James Thorn Durrant, who was eased out this year as director general of the air force.

From Time Magazine Archive

The "immediate family" was summoned �that apparently included son Vasily, 32, lieutenant general of the air force, and daughter Svetlana, 30.

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