How to Use air force in a Sentence

air force

noun

• Azerbaijan has already shown an interest in augmenting its air force with such light jets.
  — Paul Iddon, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• The only air force capable of destroying that reactor is that of the United States.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
• Building up a traditional navy and air force might be impossible given the dire state of Ukraine’s economy.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• The remains of the deceased were expected to be flown to the capital, New Delhi, by the air force Thursday evening.
  — Rajesh Roy, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2021
• Although the American military planned the Hawija strike, the bombs were dropped by the air force of the Netherlands.
  — New York Times, 18 Dec. 2021
• The Typhoon fighters accompanied two long-range Russian bombers and two maritime reconnaissance aircraft, the air force said.
  — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 2 Feb. 2022
• The Bayraktar TB2 drones offer countries stealthy air power at a fraction of the cost of maintaining a traditional air force.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2022
• Still, Russia’s military is significantly more potent, with a powerful air force and missiles that Ukraine would struggle to counter.
  — James Marson, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2022
• Rawat was appointed as India’s first chief of defense staff in 2019, taking on a role that brought oversight of the army, navy, and air force together under one body.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2021
• The mock firefight on Thursday in the southern city of Kaohsiung was part of a series of exercises staged by Taiwan’s army, air force and navy spread over three days this week.
  — Joyu Wang, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
• New Zealand and Australia are sending air force surveillance planes to assess damage to the archipelago once the ash cloud from the eruption has dissipated.
  — Stephen Wright, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2022
• The Su-34 was supposed to change the Russian air force—and the Su-34M, even more so.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• The news of the new heads of the army, navy and air force came amid the roar of supporters.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 26 June 2024
• Arce also announced new heads of the navy and the air force.
  — Tara John, CNN, 27 June 2024
• Read full article The air force said the pilots, aged 34 and 27, both died in the crash.
  — Michael Varaklas and Derek Gatopoulos, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• Despite the ban, Japan still maintains land, sea, and air forces.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2023
• The Ukrainian air force said the military downed 20 Shahed drones in the evening.
  — Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• Ukraine’s air force, and should have defeated it in the opening days of the conflict.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2022
• The Russian air force doesn't have free rein over the entire country.
  — CBS News, 8 May 2022
• The Ukraine air force said half of the 32 missiles were intercepted.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2023
• Israel has tanks, an air force, and the most advanced weapons systems in the world, plus the support of the United States.
  — Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2023
• Ukraine's air force said the missiles were fired by long-range bombers that took off from a Russian air base north of Ukraine.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 28 June 2022
• The aging MiG-29 is the Ukrainian air force’s most numerous type.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
• And tracked Israeli air force planes streaking to their Hamas targets in Gaza.
  — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
• Churchill’s soaring rhetoric and the might of the navy, air force and empire that gave force to his words, enabled the country to go on with the struggle.
  — Michael F. Bishop, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
• Now, the Ukrainian air force says the Ghost of Kyiv never existed.
  — NBC News, 2 May 2022
• What’s more, Ukraine’s standing army is just a quarter of Russia’s, and its air force, less than a tenth.
  — Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2022
• Perhaps a Cold War-vintage S-200 that the Ukrainian air force pulled out of long-term storage.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
• Biden has already blocked a plan by Poland to send Soviet-era jets to the Ukrainian air force.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022
• Hezbollah has few air defenses, giving the Israeli air force freedom of action over Lebanon’s skies.
  — Josef Federman, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024