air force
noun
1
: the military organization of a nation for air warfare
2
: a unit of the U.S. Air Force higher than a division and lower than a command
Examples of air force in a Sentence
the combined allied air forces
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The air force said 45 cruise missiles and 266 drones were shot down or otherwise neutralized during the attack.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 25 May 2025
All three have served in their respective nations’ air forces.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Nghe was one of more than a dozen people stationed at a highway checkpoint outside the village of Trang Bang on June 8, 1972, as 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc and other villagers were mistaken for the enemy and bombarded by the South Vietnamese air force.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Russia on Sunday fired a total of 273 exploding drones and decoys targeting Ukraine's Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, according to Ukraine’s air force.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025
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David Brennan, ABC News, 25 May 2025
All three have served in their respective nations’ air forces.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Nghe was one of more than a dozen people stationed at a highway checkpoint outside the village of Trang Bang on June 8, 1972, as 9-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc and other villagers were mistaken for the enemy and bombarded by the South Vietnamese air force.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Russia on Sunday fired a total of 273 exploding drones and decoys targeting Ukraine's Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, according to Ukraine’s air force.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2025
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“Air force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20force. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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