AIR FORCE Definition & Meaning

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Air Force

noun

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

air force

noun

1. the branch of a nation's armed services primarily responsible for air warfare
2. ( as modifier )
  an air-force base
a formation in the US and certain other air forces larger than an air division but smaller than an air command

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Origin of Air Force¹

First recorded in 1915–1920

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"We're always going to let go of people – people we don't like or people that take advantage of, or people that may have loyalties to someone else," he told reporters aboard Air Force One.

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But for right now, there are American soldiers and members of the Air Force stationed on European soil, with sailors in harm's way offshore in the Baltic, North and Red Seas.

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"You'd start with all countries," Trump told reporters on Air Force One.

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His brother, Thomas, was a star football player at Venice, went to the Air Force Academy, gave up the sport, became a boxer and recently won the academy’s heavyweight title.

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“These sites were designed to be the last line of defense against H-Bomb carrying Soviet bombers that had eluded the Air Force’s interceptor jet aircraft,” the park service said.

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