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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This was not the first time the Prince of Wales had conducted exercises with foreign air forces during its deployment.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Among the passengers was Qahtan Khalil, director of Syria’s air force intelligence, who was accused of being directly responsible for one of the bloodiest massacres of the country’s 13-year civil war.
—Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
The Russian strike on Ukraine overnight targeted several Ukrainian regions -- with a focus on the Poltava and Kharkiv regions -- with a total of about 320 drones, about 200 of which were Shahed attack drones, the Ukrainian air force said.
—Lilia Geho, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
But even with such reinforcements, the conventional Russian naval forces are vastly outgunned — and NATO air forces could likely destroy the Kaliningrad base in the initial hours of a live conflict.
—James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Among the passengers was Qahtan Khalil, director of Syria’s air force intelligence, who was accused of being directly responsible for one of the bloodiest massacres of the country’s 13-year civil war.
—Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
The Russian strike on Ukraine overnight targeted several Ukrainian regions -- with a focus on the Poltava and Kharkiv regions -- with a total of about 320 drones, about 200 of which were Shahed attack drones, the Ukrainian air force said.
—Lilia Geho, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
But even with such reinforcements, the conventional Russian naval forces are vastly outgunned — and NATO air forces could likely destroy the Kaliningrad base in the initial hours of a live conflict.
—James Stavridis, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for air force
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“Air force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20force. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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