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
Example Sentences
the combined allied air forces
Recent Examples on the Web The first runs are slow, tentative — the Nigérien air force getting comfortable with the mission. 
Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022 The aging MiG-29 is the Ukrainian air force’s most numerous type. David Axe, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 The corps commands at least 125,000 troops — estimates vary — outside the formal Iranian military structure, and includes naval, air force, and cyber command resources. Joel Mathis, The Week, 16 Aug. 2022 The exercises involved troops from the navy, air force, rocket force, strategic support force and logistic support force, Xinhua reported. Johnson Lai And Huizhong Wu, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022 The exercises involved troops from the navy, air force, rocket force, strategic support force, and logistic support force, Xinhua reported. Johnson Lai And Huizhong Wu, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2022 Ukrainian officials have, for months, sought ways to bolster the country’s air force, which has flown sparingly during the war and must maneuver around Russian surface-to-air missiles. Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 20 July 2022 The second person found dead was a Peruvian pilot, according to the air force notice. Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 Kyiv didn’t take responsibility for Tuesday’s blasts at the Novofedorivka air force base on the Crimean Peninsula along the Black Sea coast. Isabel Coles, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 See More
Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2022 The aging MiG-29 is the Ukrainian air force’s most numerous type. David Axe, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 The corps commands at least 125,000 troops — estimates vary — outside the formal Iranian military structure, and includes naval, air force, and cyber command resources. Joel Mathis, The Week, 16 Aug. 2022 The exercises involved troops from the navy, air force, rocket force, strategic support force and logistic support force, Xinhua reported. Johnson Lai And Huizhong Wu, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022 The exercises involved troops from the navy, air force, rocket force, strategic support force, and logistic support force, Xinhua reported. Johnson Lai And Huizhong Wu, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2022 Ukrainian officials have, for months, sought ways to bolster the country’s air force, which has flown sparingly during the war and must maneuver around Russian surface-to-air missiles. Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 20 July 2022 The second person found dead was a Peruvian pilot, according to the air force notice. Amanda Rabines, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022 Kyiv didn’t take responsibility for Tuesday’s blasts at the Novofedorivka air force base on the Crimean Peninsula along the Black Sea coast. Isabel Coles, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
air force
noun
: the military organization of a nation for air warfare