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Air Force
/ˈɛə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)s/
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What does Air Force mean?
noun
- A branch of the military mainly devoted to air warfare, as opposed to (land) army and (sea) navy.
- A unit in the U.S. Air Force larger than a division but smaller than a command.
proper noun
- The military air force of a particular armed forces.
More meanings (2)
proper noun
- Ellipsis of United States Air Force.
- Ellipsis of Air Force Falcons sports teams representing the United States Air Force Academy.
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/ˈɛə(ɹ)ˌfɔː(ɹ)s/
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So there was plenty of work for our new defensive air force.
We needed not only the essential bulk chemicals, such as amidol, metol, para-amidophenol, and glycine, but also certain rarer substances, such as the photographic sensitisers, which were so essential for the Air Force.
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Toward the end of the War, the Independent Air Force was formed as a branch of the R.A.F. with a view to bombing German bases and devoting its attention exclusively to work behind the enemy lines.
The indoor life and the lack of fresh air aggravating his disease, he was forced to abandon this work, when, by some means which I have never yet fathomed, he managed to get a commission in the Royal Air Force.