Air National Guard
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4.2
- noun
- /ɛr ˈnæʃənl ɡɑrd/
- US
:
Guardia Nacional Aérea
- The Air National Guard provides essential support to the U.S. Air Force in times of war.
- Air National Guard Base
- Air National Guard unit
- Air National Guard pilot
Examples
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President Bush wasn't hounded for his birth certificate, but CBS did a story about his service in the Air National Guard that turned out to be false.
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Cards will be given in December to deployed members of the U.S. Army, Army National Guard, Air National Guard, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Naval Reserve.
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I was in the Air National Guard for 23 years.
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The Oregon Air National Guard member managed to combine guard duty with local school business.
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An Air National Guard rescue helicopter has been dispatched.
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After graduating high school, Aaron enlisted in the Air National Guard and then the Air Force Reserve.
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The 152nd, called to duty by the Air National Guard Readiness Center Crisis Action Team, was expected to arrive in North Carolina late Monday.
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The South Carolina Air National Guard is conducting air defense exercises Thursday near Anderson, Florence, and Greer.
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Conigliaro, 46, is a Tufts University-educated engineer and a member of the Air National Guard, from which he retired as a lieutenant colonel in 2007.
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He grew up in Houston and Midland, and returned to his home state to serve in the Texas Air National Guard after graduating from Yale University in 1968.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
1
4.0
A group of trained soldiers not on active duty who can be called in emergencies
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8.4
A reserve part of the US Air Force made of civilian members who help in war and emergencies
People who train as soldiers and can be called to serve in emergencies
Surface Forms
Morphology
The headwords 'air' + 'national' + 'guard' compose transparently to indicate a country-level (national) guard force related to aviation, so a B1 learner can infer it names an air-related military/protective unit. However, the specific institutional details (that it is a U.S. reserve force of civilian volunteers supporting the Air Force and providing rapid mobilization/assistance) are world-knowledge-specific and not predictable from the words alone, so the phrase is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Air National Guard comes from adding Air to the older National Guard. The National Guard were local 'citizen soldiers' who helped their state in emergencies, and adding Air shows these volunteers fly planes to support the Air Force and help at home, so the name means 'state-based volunteer pilots who support the national air force and assist during emergencies'.