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Air Force
–noun
1.the U.S. department consisting of practically all military aviation forces, established July 26, 1947.
2.(lowercase) a similar department in any military organization.
3.(lowercase) (formerly) the largest unit in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
4.(lowercase) a unit of U.S. Air Force command between an air division and an air command.
5.(sometimes lowercase) the military unit of a nation charged with carrying out military operations in the air.
6.British. Royal Air Force.
[Origin: 1915–1920]
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air force  
n.  
  1. The aviation branch of a country's armed forces, such as the U.S. Air Force.
  2. A unit of the U.S. Air Force larger than a division and smaller than a command.

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air force 
1917, from air + force, 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.

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air force

noun
1. the airborne branch of a country's armed forces 
2. the airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space [syn: United States Air Force] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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