air force - Definitions from Dictionary.com

5 results for: air force

Air Force Enlistment Am I Qualified to Serve? Review Military Entrance Requirements. www.todaysmilitary.com	Sponsored Links

Post Air Force Careers Fast, Convenient Classes for Active Military Personnel. 100% TA Courses AirForce.Education4Military.com

Air Force Degree Programs Earn a degree online with education programs for the Air Force. www.amuonline.com/air-force

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

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

]

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Air Force Enlistment Am I Qualified to Serve? Review Military Entrance Requirements. www.todaysmilitary.com	Sponsored Links

Post Air Force Careers Fast, Convenient Classes for Active Military Personnel. 100% TA Courses AirForce.Education4Military.com

Air Force Degree Programs Earn a degree online with education programs for the Air Force. www.amuonline.com/air-force

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
air force

To learn more about air force visit Britannica.com

Air Force Education Quick & Easy Registration For Your Military Education Benefits! www.Military.com/GiBill	Sponsored Links

Air Force 1 shoes low price worldwide promotion over 500 hot & new styles! www.12kicks.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

air force
n.

The aviation branch of a country's armed forces, such as the U.S. Air Force.
A unit of the U.S. Air Force larger than a division and smaller than a command.

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

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]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
air force

the part of the armed services which uses aircraft
Example: the army, navy and air force

Arabic:	سِلَاح الطَّيَرَان، القُوَّات الجَوِّيَه
Chinese (Simplified):	空軍
Chinese (Traditional):	空軍
Czech:	letectvo
Danish:	luftvåben; flyvevåben
Dutch:	luchtmacht
Estonian:	lennuvägi
Finnish:	ilmavoimat
French:	armée de l'air
German:	die Luftwaffe
Greek:	αεροπορία
Hungarian:	légierő
Icelandic:	flugher
Indonesian:	angkatan udara
Italian:	aviazione

Japanese:	空軍
Latvian:	gaisa karaspēki
Lithuanian:	karinės oro pajėgos
Norwegian:	flyvåpen
Polish:	lotnictwo
Portuguese (Brazil):	força aérea
Portuguese (Portugal):	força aérea
Romanian:	forţe aeriene
Russian:	военно-воздушные силы
Slovak:	letectvo
Slovenian:	letalstvo
Spanish:	fuerzas aéreas
Swedish:	flygvapen
Turkish:	hava kuvvetleri