aircrew

noun

air·​crew ˈer-ˌkrü 

: the crew manning an airplane

Examples of aircrew in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To bridge this gap, the US Navy tested AI on Seahawk helicopters as an assistant to human aircrews. — David Szondy august 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026

Intellisense Systems will develop goggles that allow aircrews to continue flying in environments where a nuclear flash could otherwise disrupt a mission. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

An aircrew flew the rocket and its L-1011 carrier aircraft from Virginia to the US Army’s Ronald Reagan Space and Missile Test Range on Kwajalein Atoll, a facility leased from the Marshall Islands more than 2,000 miles southwest of Honolulu. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026

In a video of the rescue, a member of the woman's hiking party can be heard calling to the aircrew as their chopper comes into view. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 25 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for aircrew

• accrue
• ado
• ainu
• airscrew
• anew
• askew
• baboo
• babu
• bamboo
• beaucoup
• bijou
• breakthrough