senior airman
noun
: an enlisted member of the air force who ranks above an airman first class but who has not been made staff sergeant
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The Whiteman Air Force Base identified Ingram as an off-duty senior airman, according to a press release from the Whiteman Air Force Base 509th Bomb Wing.
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Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
14 Nov. 2025
In early 2001, he was named Outstanding Airman of the Year for his squadron and promoted to senior airman.
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Tamara Audi,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2024
On July 12, 2019, Luckey, at the time a senior airman with the National Guard’s 175th Security Forces Squad, shot and killed a man in a parking lot outside a restaurant in Baltimore County.
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Alex Mann,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Dec. 2022
In January 2020, a senior airman without dependents received a monthly housing stipend of $1,560, compared to the typical Tampa-area rent price of $1,457, according to Zillow.
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R.j. Rico,
al,
20 Aug. 2022
But since then rent prices have exploded to $2,118 per month in July, while a senior airman’s housing allowance is currently $1,647.
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R.j. Rico,
Anchorage Daily News,
20 Aug. 2022
Babbitt spent four years on active duty, from 2004 through 2008, achieving the rank of senior airman.
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Scott Glover,
CNN,
18 June 2021
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Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
14 Nov. 2025
In early 2001, he was named Outstanding Airman of the Year for his squadron and promoted to senior airman.
—
Tamara Audi,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2024
On July 12, 2019, Luckey, at the time a senior airman with the National Guard’s 175th Security Forces Squad, shot and killed a man in a parking lot outside a restaurant in Baltimore County.
—
Alex Mann,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Dec. 2022
In January 2020, a senior airman without dependents received a monthly housing stipend of $1,560, compared to the typical Tampa-area rent price of $1,457, according to Zillow.
—
R.j. Rico,
al,
20 Aug. 2022
But since then rent prices have exploded to $2,118 per month in July, while a senior airman’s housing allowance is currently $1,647.
—
R.j. Rico,
Anchorage Daily News,
20 Aug. 2022
Babbitt spent four years on active duty, from 2004 through 2008, achieving the rank of senior airman.
—
Scott Glover,
CNN,
18 June 2021
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“Senior airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/senior%20airman. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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