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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If convicted, Suarez faces a maximum sentence of three years in federal prison for knowingly operating an unregistered drone and for knowingly serving as an airman without an airman’s certificate.
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
By the end of the war, the Tuskegee Airmen had completed 1,578 combat missions, and the airmen received some of the highest honors in the Army Air Corps.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
Those included images of the legendary Tuskegee airmen, female Marines and events honoring Asian and Pacific Islander contributions to the military.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is on site in Kentucky, according to Beshear, along with 146 soldiers and airmen from the Kentucky National Guard.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
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Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
By the end of the war, the Tuskegee Airmen had completed 1,578 combat missions, and the airmen received some of the highest honors in the Army Air Corps.
—CBS News, 26 Jan. 2025
Those included images of the legendary Tuskegee airmen, female Marines and events honoring Asian and Pacific Islander contributions to the military.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is on site in Kentucky, according to Beshear, along with 146 soldiers and airmen from the Kentucky National Guard.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airman. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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