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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But this plane, the airman told Ceraudo and Lewin, was basically running on fumes.
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
African-American airmen training at Tuskegee Airfield in Alabama.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
In 2020, Steven Carrillo, an active-duty airman at the time, killed two police officers after expressing antigovernment beliefs.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
No airmen were injured and the aircraft wasn't damaged, according to a spokesperson for the Air Force Special Operations Command.
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Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
African-American airmen training at Tuskegee Airfield in Alabama.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
In 2020, Steven Carrillo, an active-duty airman at the time, killed two police officers after expressing antigovernment beliefs.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
No airmen were injured and the aircraft wasn't damaged, according to a spokesperson for the Air Force Special Operations Command.
—Laura Strickler, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airman. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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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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