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
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her father was an airman who was shot down in Vietnam
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Its largest deployment involved more than 500 airmen in 2016 to support combat operations against the Islamic State group.
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2025
In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri.
—Ellen Uchimiya, CBS News, 19 June 2025
In this handout photo from the U.S. Air Force, an airman guides an F-16 Fighting Falcon during training at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 24, 2022.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Information about the equipment’s status was contained in a notice to airmen, known as a NOTAM, which pilots are supposed to consult before flights.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
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Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2025
In this photo released by the U.S. Air Force on May 2, 2023, airmen look at a GBU-57, or the Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb, at Whiteman Air Base in Missouri.
—Ellen Uchimiya, CBS News, 19 June 2025
In this handout photo from the U.S. Air Force, an airman guides an F-16 Fighting Falcon during training at Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 24, 2022.
—Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Information about the equipment’s status was contained in a notice to airmen, known as a NOTAM, which pilots are supposed to consult before flights.
—Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airman. Accessed 30 Jun. 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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