plural airmen
1
: a civilian or military pilot, aviator, or aviation technician
2
: an enlisted person in the air force: such as
a
: an enlisted person of one of the four ranks below sergeant
b
: an enlisted person ranking above an airman basic and below an airman first class
Examples of airman in a Sentence
her father was an airman who was shot down in Vietnam
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Courtney Kube, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Zach: On September 11th, 2004, Brian Kolfage was an airman serving near Baghdad when a rocket landed three feet from him.
—Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
National Guard troops are already on the ground in western North Carolina, part of a task force of more than 1,500 soldiers and airmen.
—Steve Almasy, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
More than 500 soldiers and airmen from the National Guard have been activated.
—George Petras, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airman. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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airman
noun
air·man
-mən 
2
a
: an enlisted person in the air force
b
: an enlisted person in the air force with a rank below that of sergeant
especially
: one with the rank just below that of airman first class
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