How to Use air force in a Sentence

air force

noun

• By the 1980s, the Soviet Union had the largest air force in the world.
  — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2020
• The Su-34 was supposed to change the Russian air force—and the Su-34M, even more so.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• The news of the new heads of the army, navy and air force came amid the roar of supporters.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 26 June 2024
• Arce also announced new heads of the navy and the air force.
  — Tara John, CNN, 27 June 2024
• But the skies in the north may soon look different, if the air force gets its way.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2020
• Read full article The air force said the pilots, aged 34 and 27, both died in the crash.
  — Michael Varaklas and Derek Gatopoulos, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• At the time, Martinez Puente was the head of the Cuban military air force.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2021
• Its navy and air force comprise the first line of defense.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2021
• Despite the ban, Japan still maintains land, sea, and air forces.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Aug. 2023
• The Malaysian air force has opened a tender for 36 new light fighters.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
• The Ukrainian air force said the military downed 20 Shahed drones in the evening.
  — Susie Blann, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• The air force said 98 of the drones were shot down and 20 were lost in flight without causing damage.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
• Thirty of the missiles and 47 of the drones were shot down, the air force said, with another 27 drones lost in flight.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
• Ukraine’s air force, and should have defeated it in the opening days of the conflict.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Mar. 2022
• The Russian air force doesn't have free rein over the entire country.
  — CBS News, 8 May 2022
• The Ukraine air force said half of the 32 missiles were intercepted.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2023
• Ukrainian air defenses shot down 74 of the drones, while 38 veered off course, the air force said.
  — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
• Israel has tanks, an air force, and the most advanced weapons systems in the world, plus the support of the United States.
  — Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2023
• Afghan air force strikes killed and wounded more than twice as many civilians as in 2020.
  — Washington Post, 23 July 2021
• Ukraine's air force said the missiles were fired by long-range bombers that took off from a Russian air base north of Ukraine.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 28 June 2022
• But the wisdom of the French air force’s approach is obvious.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• The aging MiG-29 is the Ukrainian air force’s most numerous type.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
• And tracked Israeli air force planes streaking to their Hamas targets in Gaza.
  — Greg Palkot, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2023
• Churchill’s soaring rhetoric and the might of the navy, air force and empire that gave force to his words, enabled the country to go on with the struggle.
  — Michael F. Bishop, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
• Now, the Ukrainian air force says the Ghost of Kyiv never existed.
  — NBC News, 2 May 2022
• The French air force was the major operator of the Mirage F1.
  — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 25 Feb. 2021
• Afghanistan’s air force is a rare U.S.-backed success story.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2021
• What’s more, Ukraine’s standing army is just a quarter of Russia’s, and its air force, less than a tenth.
  — Valerie Morkevicius, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2022
• All three have served in their respective nations’ air forces.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
• The Ukrainian air force reported that Russia fired 214 exploding drones and decoys in the latest wave of attacks.
  — arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025