AIR FORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Air Force mean? 

• AIR FORCE (noun)
  The noun AIR FORCE has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: AIR FORCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIR FORCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The airborne branch of a country's armed forces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

air force; airforce

Hypernyms ("air force" is a kind of...):

armed service; military service; service (a force that is a branch of the armed forces)

Meronyms (members of "air force"):

air unit (a military unit that is part of the airforce)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "air force"):

Air Corps (formerly the airborne division of the United States Army)

RAF; Royal Air Force (the airforce of Great Britain)

German Luftwaffe; Luftwaffe (the German airforce)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The airforce of the United States of America; the agency that defends the United States through control and exploitation of air and space

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Air Force; U. S. Air Force; United States Air Force; US Air Force; USAF

Hypernyms ("Air Force" is a kind of...):

agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)

Meronyms (parts of "Air Force"):

AFRL; Air Force Research Laboratory (a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces)

United States Air Force Academy; US Air Force Academy (a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Air Force)

ACC; Air Combat Command (a command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle-management, and rescue aircraft)

AFSPC; Air Force Space Command (a command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations)

Air National Guard; ANG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies)

AFISR; Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance; Air Force ISR (an agency focused on ensuring that the United States military attains information superiority; operates worldwide ground sites and an array of airborne reconnaissance and surveillance platforms)

Holonyms ("Air Force" is a part of...):

Defense; Defense Department; Department of Defense; DoD; United States Department of Defense (the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947)

 Context examples 

Cassini launched in 1997 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and arrived at Saturn in 2004.

(Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn, NASA)

InSight launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California May 5.

(NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface, NASA)

MAVEN launched Nov. 18, 2013, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, carrying three instrument packages.

(Mars Mission Spacecraft Enters Orbit around Red Planet, NASA)

The Air Force issued warnings against attempts to enter the restricted zone of the base, saying it was dangerous.

(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)

The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) will be in charge of operation and monitoring the satellite and will cooperate with the Army and Navy.

(First Brazilian satellite starts operations, Agência Brasil)

SpaceX sent the rocket into space Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and landed the first-stage mechanism successfully on a barge in the Pacific Ocean, an important step in development of reusable rocket components.

(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)

Friday September 22 2019, was when, according to earlier event plans, millions of people were to storm Area 51, a classified facility within the United States Air Force's Nevada Test and Training Range, and the world was to finally learn of its secrets.

(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)