How to Use airman in a Sentence

airman

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  • Families and friends of the new airmen had to watch it on the wing’s Facebook page.
    — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 19 Mar. 2020
  • The airmen were the nation’s first all-Black air fighter squadron.
    — Corey Williams, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Dear Amy: In 1956, my mother had a fling with an airman.
    — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 19 Dec. 2020
  • At the end of the video, the airman can be seen greeting a man, a woman and a dog who were all stranded on the island.
    — Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2022
  • When the children were in sight, Halvorsen ordered an airman to push the packages out of the flare chute.
    — Nate Carlisle, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The amount of the bonuses will vary depending on how long the airmen are willing to stay on board.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The last, a 22-year-old airman from California, went down with the plane.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The Air Force will not release the airman's name unless charges are preferred.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 21 June 2022
  • He is believed to be the last living Tuskegee airman in Rhode Island.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 May 2022
  • An airman was killed in the explosion, and the complex was destroyed.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2021
  • Several Guard medics were sent today, and the Guard is prepared to send up to 30 soldiers and airmen to the prison.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2020
  • As much as the airframe loss hurts, the loss of 15 experienced airmen might hurt worse.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • There are fewer and fewer soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen who lived through World War II.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The airman considered the data, then used a hand controller to send out an order.
    — Tom Simonite, Wired, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The legendary airmen are widely regarded as among the Air Force's finest.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2023
  • That is especially true in the Air Force, where in some squadrons half of the pilots are reservists rather than full-time airmen.
    — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • The only viable clue the men had was the last name of Pitera visible in a photo showing the airman’s name tag.
    — Wayne Ford, ajc, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Like many civilian jobs around the world, keeping airmen at a distance has inspired a boom in telework.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Once registered, an airman escorted him to his room, and locked him in.
    — Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2021
  • But his thousands of posts dating to 2021 that remained provide a granular view of the airman in his own words.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • But his thousands of posts dating back to 2021 that remained provide a granular view of the airman in his own words.
    — Ishaan Jhaveri, New York Times, 6 May 2023
  • The governor of Utah, where the former airman spent much of his youth and retirement, remembered him as a hero.
    — NBC News, 18 Feb. 2022
  • While one airman was able to escape with a parachute, Corson and seven other crew members stayed on board the aircraft and died in the crash.
    — Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2024
  • He will be interviewed by Howard Baugh, whose father was also a Tuskegee airman.
    — New York Times, 13 Feb. 2021
  • As airmen tried to rescue the passengers, one airman noticed a circling bull shark that appeared to be 10 to 12 feet in length.
    — Joe Mario Pedersen, Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2022
  • Pee-wee football player is brought to tears by his airman dad's surprise return.
    — Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The airman was identified by police as 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The actor plays a pioneering Black airman in the Korean War-set movie.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Indeed, Harris — also a Hoosiers football player and later a Tuskegee airman — was the first Black athlete to set a world record in a throwing event.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2021
  • And while there were good doctors, the airmen were also subjected to real neglect.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024

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