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
Recent Examples on the Web
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office took a week to release the footage of a deputy sheriff shooting and killing a U.S. airman.
—
Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
That footage and a FaceTime video that also recorded a portion of what happened raise questions about whether the shooting was justified, as police claim — or whether the sheriff’s deputy erred in entering the wrong apartment, catching the airman off guard, as his family’s attorneys say.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Roger Fortson's girlfriend provided the video, obtained by PEOPLE, after authorities released body camera footage of the police shooting on Friday, May 3
A Florida law enforcement officer shot a U.S. airman multiple times inside his apartment, according to the officer's body camera footage.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
According to a 1st Special Operations Wing release, the airman was identified as 23-year-old U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
An article on Page 32 this weekend about Ahmad Al-Halabi, an Air Force airman wrongly accused of espionage, refers imprecisely to Al-Halabi’s plea.
—New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Before joining the National Guard, Puello-Mota served in the active-duty Air Force, also as a security forces airman, according to a press release from the Air Force regarding the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing's 2015 deployment to Afghanistan.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
The pictures of the missing airmen posted in their work areas served as a strong reminder of the human element of their purpose.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) ordered the entire Osprey fleet grounded more than three months ago, following the fatal Nov. 29 crash of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey off the coast of Japan that killed eight Special Operations airmen.
—Laura Strickler, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2024
That footage and a FaceTime video that also recorded a portion of what happened raise questions about whether the shooting was justified, as police claim — or whether the sheriff’s deputy erred in entering the wrong apartment, catching the airman off guard, as his family’s attorneys say.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 10 May 2024
Roger Fortson's girlfriend provided the video, obtained by PEOPLE, after authorities released body camera footage of the police shooting on Friday, May 3
A Florida law enforcement officer shot a U.S. airman multiple times inside his apartment, according to the officer's body camera footage.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
According to a 1st Special Operations Wing release, the airman was identified as 23-year-old U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Roger Fortson.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
An article on Page 32 this weekend about Ahmad Al-Halabi, an Air Force airman wrongly accused of espionage, refers imprecisely to Al-Halabi’s plea.
—New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Before joining the National Guard, Puello-Mota served in the active-duty Air Force, also as a security forces airman, according to a press release from the Air Force regarding the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing's 2015 deployment to Afghanistan.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
The pictures of the missing airmen posted in their work areas served as a strong reminder of the human element of their purpose.
—Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) ordered the entire Osprey fleet grounded more than three months ago, following the fatal Nov. 29 crash of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey off the coast of Japan that killed eight Special Operations airmen.
—Laura Strickler, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'airman.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near airman
Cite this Entry
“Airman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airman. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share