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AIR FORCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The airborne branch of a country's armed forces
Synonyms:
air force; airforce
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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
Synonyms:
Air Force; U. S. Air Force; United States Air Force; US Air Force; USAF
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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)
