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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Slip into the Airmen’s Bar, named after the airmen of the US Army Air Force who flew 185 missions whilst stationed at Lavenham and would regularly hang out here during World War II.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The latest deadly crash off the coast of Japan in November 2023 left eight airmen dead, including a service member from Massachusetts.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
But this plane, the airman told Ceraudo and Lewin, was basically running on fumes.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
African-American airmen training at Tuskegee Airfield in Alabama.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
The latest deadly crash off the coast of Japan in November 2023 left eight airmen dead, including a service member from Massachusetts.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
But this plane, the airman told Ceraudo and Lewin, was basically running on fumes.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
African-American airmen training at Tuskegee Airfield in Alabama.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airman. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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