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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For him and other Black airmen, the waivers became a symbol of unity.
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Marquise Francis, NBC news, 24 May 2025
Stallworth was a 27-year-old airman stationed at Hill Air Force Base at the time of Gallegos's death.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 16 May 2025
Stallworth was a 27-year-old U.S. Air Force airman stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Layton, Utah, at the time of Gallegos' murder, police said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 15 May 2025
This had previously been confirmed by another National Guard official, state public affairs officer Major Ryan Finnegan, who gave some additional insight into the allegations and seemed to imply that the airmen had landed on the private ranch to pick up sheds.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2025
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Marquise Francis, NBC news, 24 May 2025
Stallworth was a 27-year-old airman stationed at Hill Air Force Base at the time of Gallegos's death.
—Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 16 May 2025
Stallworth was a 27-year-old U.S. Air Force airman stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Layton, Utah, at the time of Gallegos' murder, police said.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 15 May 2025
This had previously been confirmed by another National Guard official, state public affairs officer Major Ryan Finnegan, who gave some additional insight into the allegations and seemed to imply that the airmen had landed on the private ranch to pick up sheds.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2025
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airman. Accessed 9 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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