as in pilot
one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft
her father was an airman who was shot down in Vietnam
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Recent Examples of airman
Starting in August 2021, then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin required the COVID-19 shot for troops, sailors and airmen, arguing at the time that the mandate was critical to keeping U.S. forces healthy and ready to fight.
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Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 28 May 2025
Yet for every soldier, sailor, or airman who was killed, nearly one and a half civilians would die, totaling, by one count, almost 40 million.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
Salt Lake City police said Thursday that the man responsible was a 27-year-old airman who died in 2023.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 16 May 2025
Stallworth was a 27-year-old airman stationed at Hill Air Force Base, north of Salt Lake City, and he was never identified as a potential suspect so never was interviewed during the investigation into Gallegos' death, the police department said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 May 2025
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Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 28 May 2025
Yet for every soldier, sailor, or airman who was killed, nearly one and a half civilians would die, totaling, by one count, almost 40 million.
—Bryan Walsh, Vox, 26 May 2025
Salt Lake City police said Thursday that the man responsible was a 27-year-old airman who died in 2023.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 16 May 2025
Stallworth was a 27-year-old airman stationed at Hill Air Force Base, north of Salt Lake City, and he was never identified as a potential suspect so never was interviewed during the investigation into Gallegos' death, the police department said.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airman
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Delta shared that there were nine crew members onboard—two pilots and seven flight attendants—along with 226 passengers.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
21 July 2025
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At Holland State Park, which is run by the state and hasn’t seen lifeguards in three decades, there’s talk among Park Township officials of implementing a lifeguard pilot program.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
21 July 2025
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Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight and former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is the mission commander with aviator John Shoffner as pilot and two mission specialist seats paid for by the Saudi Space Commission, Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali AlQarni.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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Oversized aviators Mark my words: Summer’s trendiest sunglasses will be retro, oversized aviators.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
24 June 2025
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airman. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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