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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Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2025
Chappelle, an active-duty airman stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in western South Dakota, is accused of killing Sangrait on the base, according to the sheriff's office.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's comments in the Signal chat detailed the sequencing, timing and weapons systems in advance of the Trump administration's March attack on Houthi militants in Yemen, potentially jeopardizing U.S. airmen headed into harm's way.
—Graham Underwood, Arkansas Online, 2 Apr. 2025
Only the myriad airmen launching a strike across a hostile shore.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airman. Accessed 23 Apr. 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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