USAF
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈjuːˌɛsˌeɪˈɛf/
:
Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos
- So to keep the Shuttle, NASA had to get the USAF to buy into it.
- USAF Band
Examples
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The USAF Band was the band representing the United States, and we played alongside the Russian Red Army Band.
Academic text (2015) -
As a known expert in turbine engine aeromechanics, Cross has been a key contributor to keeping USAF systems flight-worthy.
Academic text (2011) -
Since my father was a Senior Master Sergeant in the USAF, we lived in the base housing.
Blog text (1) -
I missed out on combat, but served 23+ years with the USAF and the USAR.
Blog text (11) -
As a USAF executive-level technical advisor, he managed the structural integrity of all USAF aircraft.
Academic text (2011) -
Her stellar musical and leadership contributions began paving the way 30 years before I joined the USAF Band.
Academic text (2015) -
According to the official USAF fact sheet, the B-2 has a payload limit of 40,000.
Blog text (11) -
My husband is an officer in the USAF, and we are stationed in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Today, female Airmen are integral to the continued success of the USAF as a powerful entity.
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I spent four years in the USAF right after Vietnam.
Synonyms
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2.7
The part of the United States military that flies planes and defends the country in the air and space
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3.3
A branch of the United States military that fights in the air and space
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2.9
A branch of the United States military that uses planes and works in space to defend the country
Surface Forms
Morphology
USAF = United States Air Force (opaque) = U + S + A + F
The form is an initialism formed from the initial letters of a multiword proper name; without knowing the expansion the letters give no lexical meaning to learners.
Etymology
USAF comes from the full name United States Air Force. The word Air means 'sky' and Force means 'military power', so USAF names the United States' military branch that works in the sky and space.