US Air Force
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2.7
- proper noun
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Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos
- During the conflict, the U.S. Air Force conducted operations to ensure aerial superiority.
- U.S. Air Force Academy
- U.S. Air Force F-22
- U.S. Air Force aircraft
So if we want scale, we love scale, and you would never trade the scale of the US Air Force for anything.
- So if we want scale, we love scale, and you would never trade the scale of the US Air Force for anything.
- It is also the first war where the US Air Force utilized space technology and stealth technology in the war.
- There's four times more female fighter pilots in the US Air Force by percentage than there are male kindergarten teachers.
Examples
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Only 18 of the recipients were members of the US Air Force.
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Shen has also earned research awards from NASA and the U.S. Air Force.
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So if we want scale, we love scale, and you would never trade the scale of the US Air Force for anything.
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Now the US Air Force has joined in.
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Once upon a time, four of the best pilots in the U.S. Air Force... ...trained to fly into space.
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Massive attacks carried out by the U.S. Air Force had destroyed tens of thousands of trees.
Academic text (1990) -
Captain Leo Davidson, a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.
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The highlight of Wings & Waves will be a performance by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
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The US Air Force has alerted all defense commands and retaliatory units.
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It is also the first war where the US Air Force utilized space technology and stealth technology in the war.
Synonyms
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3.3
A branch of the United States military that fights in the air and space
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4.4
A branch of the United States military that flies planes and works in 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
The name is directly built from its constituents: 'US' (United States) + 'air' (aviation) + 'force' (trained military group), so a learner who knows those words can infer it is the United States' military branch for aerial operations. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish 'Fuerza Aérea', French 'Armée de l'air'), making the meaning immediately accessible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The name US Air Force comes from the words air, meaning 'the sky', and force, meaning 'a strong military group'. It was set up as its own service after World War II to fight and protect from the sky, so today it means the United States military group that works in the air and in space.