Synonyms for air force


Grammar : Noun


Définition of air force

Origin :
  • 1917, from air (n.1) + force (n.); first attested with creation of the Royal Air Force. There was no United States Air Force until after World War II. The Air Corps was an arm of the U.S. Army. In 1942, the War Department reorganized it and renamed it Army Air Forces. The National Security Act of 1947 created the Department of the Air Force, headed by a Secretary of the Air Force, and the U.S.A.F.
  • noun air fleet
Example sentences :
  • Jones of the Air Force asked, "Were all eight apprehended in large cities?"
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
  • Some in the Air Force were worried about the long delay in approval.
  • Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
  • First, the Air Force was in a sense the captive of its own publicity.
  • Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.
  • The Army and the Air Force were furious because he'd evaded their radar net.
  • Extract from : « By Proxy » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Those Air Force men who want to come in here and cause all the trouble.
  • Extract from : « The Last Place on Earth » by James Judson Harmon
  • The Government, acting on this advice, furnished us with the nucleus of an air force.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • The British air force at the outbreak of the war, and at its close.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • The case against the independence of the air force; and the case for it.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • The making of our air force was a masterpiece of organization.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • Gotch would win the moon if he had to use the whole Air Force.
  • Extract from : « First on the Moon » by Jeff Sutton

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