air force
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1. air force - Noun
2. Air force - Proper noun
Meaning
the airborne branch of a country's armed forces
the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space
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Air-Force
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Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers? Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?
If we get chased out of Iraq with our tail between our legs, that will be the fifth consecutive Third-world country with no hint of a Navy or an Air Force to have whipped us in the past 40 years.
It will be a great day when our schools have all the money they need, and our air force has to have a bake-sale to buy a bomber.
Our losses...have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses.
During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved.
I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.