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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The role is reserved for airmen at the rank of chief master sergeant who serve as senior advisors to commanders at the highest levels of leadership.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The home is named after The Tuskegee Airmen, a group of more than 900 African-American military pilots and airmen who flew combat aircraft in World War II.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2025
An airman was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the killing of a woman on an Air Force base last year, authorities said.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
An active-duty airman was arrested on Friday for allegedly killing a 21-year-old woman on an air base in South Dakota, according to the Pennington County Sheriff's Office.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
The home is named after The Tuskegee Airmen, a group of more than 900 African-American military pilots and airmen who flew combat aircraft in World War II.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2025
An airman was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the killing of a woman on an Air Force base last year, authorities said.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
An active-duty airman was arrested on Friday for allegedly killing a 21-year-old woman on an air base in South Dakota, according to the Pennington County Sheriff's Office.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airman. Accessed 2 May. 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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