as in pilot
one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft
her father was an airman who was shot down in Vietnam
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Recent Examples of airman
The airman, named as 1st Class Lt. Col. Maksym Ustymenko by the Ukrainian air force, was the third F-16 pilot killed since the Ukrainians began flying the jets last summer, and his plane was the fourth F-16 Ukraine has lost since then.
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Kostya Gak, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
Starting in August 2021, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin required the COVID-19 shot for troops, sailors and airmen, arguing at the time that the mandate was critical to keeping U.S. forces healthy and ready to fight.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 28 May 2025
Yet for every soldier, sailor, or airman who was killed, nearly one and a half civilians would die, totaling, by one count, almost 40 million.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
Salt Lake City police said Thursday that the man responsible was a 27-year-old airman who died in 2023.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 16 May 2025
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Kostya Gak, CNN Money, 29 June 2025
Starting in August 2021, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin required the COVID-19 shot for troops, sailors and airmen, arguing at the time that the mandate was critical to keeping U.S. forces healthy and ready to fight.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 28 May 2025
Yet for every soldier, sailor, or airman who was killed, nearly one and a half civilians would die, totaling, by one count, almost 40 million.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
Salt Lake City police said Thursday that the man responsible was a 27-year-old airman who died in 2023.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airman
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The young pilot, Ethan Guo, set out in his small plane to become the youngest person to fly solo across the world.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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One real-world example is Toronto’s Peak Drive pilot.—
Carlos Georgescu,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The airline will also downgrade 140 pilots from captain to first officer, according to a note to aviators from the Air Line Pilots Association, their union.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
28 July 2025
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More than 380 aviators died in training to fly the aircraft, and even more died flying it in combat.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 July 2025
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airman. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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