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 in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that air defense units were scrambled into action in 11 regions across Ukraine.
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Max Hunder, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
The Ukrainian air force issued drone, bomb and missile warnings via its Telegram channel throughout the night and into Thursday morning, reporting one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 78 Shahed UAVs fired into the country.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2024
Low-flying Taiwan air force F-16s roar overhead and then hurtle seaward.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
Only in the war’s final months, after the German air force had been largely destroyed, did this enormous campaign incapacitate German ground forces.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2024
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Max Hunder, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
The Ukrainian air force issued drone, bomb and missile warnings via its Telegram channel throughout the night and into Thursday morning, reporting one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 78 Shahed UAVs fired into the country.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2024
Low-flying Taiwan air force F-16s roar overhead and then hurtle seaward.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
Only in the war’s final months, after the German air force had been largely destroyed, did this enormous campaign incapacitate German ground forces.
—Stephen Biddle, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2024
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“Air force.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20force. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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