Air Force

noun

1. the U.S. department consisting of practically all military aviation forces, established July 26, 1947.
2. air force, a similar department in any military organization.
3. air force, (formerly) the largest unit in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
4. air force, a unit of U.S. Air Force command between an air division and an air command.
5. Sometimes air force. the military unit of a nation charged with carrying out military operations in the air.
6. British. Royal Air Force.

air force

noun

1. 1. the branch of a nation's armed services primarily responsible for air warfare
   2. ( as modifier )

      an air-force base

2. a formation in the US and certain other air forces larger than an air division but smaller than an air command

Word History and Origins

Origin of Air Force¹

First recorded in 1915–1920

Example Sentences

Deadly floods in Texas generated by Air Force’s weather machine.

From Los Angeles Times

They also noted the Air Force ability and willingness to abort an attack if it becomes clear that there are “civilians in the target zone.”

From Salon

To mark the centenary of the Royal Canadian Air Force, young army and air cadets from Enniskillen and Omagh placed a small Canadian flag and a poppy cross on each of the 38 Canadian graves.

From BBC

He first developed the habit as an “Air Force brat” kid growing up, moving with his family between the Philippines, Oklahoma and Hawaii, when he began obsessively accumulating information about the television business.

From Los Angeles Times

She described her husband as a loving dad who has worked for the last 14 years at AT&T. He was also an Air Force veteran who was deployed to Iraq in the early 2000s.

From Los Angeles Times