plural airmen
1
: a civilian or military pilot, aviator, or aviation technician
2
: an enlisted person in the air force: such as
a
: an enlisted person of one of the four ranks below sergeant
b
: an enlisted person ranking above an airman basic and below an airman first class
Examples of airman in a Sentence
her father was an airman who was shot down in Vietnam
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From 1941 to 1946, close to 1,000 African American pilots were trained as Tuskegee airmen, back in the days before Jan. 26, 1948, when Pres.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
Fortson’s Facetime partner emphasized that the airman was not causing any problems or being combative during their call.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
The 128th Air Refueling Wing participates in missions internationally and domestically, like natural disasters, conflicts in the Middle East and, recently, a group of airmen returned from a deployment in the Indo-Pacific region.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
Stewart fought, returning shaken by his experiences as an airman.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024
Fortson’s Facetime partner emphasized that the airman was not causing any problems or being combative during their call.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
The 128th Air Refueling Wing participates in missions internationally and domestically, like natural disasters, conflicts in the Middle East and, recently, a group of airmen returned from a deployment in the Indo-Pacific region.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2024
Stewart fought, returning shaken by his experiences as an airman.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airman. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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airman
noun
air·man
-mən 
2
a
: an enlisted person in the air force
b
: an enlisted person in the air force with a rank below that of sergeant
especially
: one with the rank just below that of airman first class
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