air force

See also: airforce and Air Force

English

Alternative forms

• airforce

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛə(ɹ) ˌfɔː(ɹ)s/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

air force (plural air forces)

1. A branch of the military mainly devoted to air warfare, as opposed to (land) army and (sea) navy.

   When you're in the air force you have to be prepared to launch missiles at people from the air.

2. A unit in the U.S. Air Force larger than a division but smaller than a command.

Derived terms

• army air force
• naval air force

Descendants

• → Irish: aerfhórsa (calque)

Translations

branch of the military devoted to air warfare

• Afrikaans: lugmag (af)
• Albanian: forca ajrore
• Arabic: سِلَاح طَيَرَان m (silāḥ ṭayarān)
• Armenian: ռազմաօդային ուժեր (hy) (ṙazmaōdayin užer), ՌՕՈՒ (hy) (ṘŌU), օդուժ (hy) (ōduž)
• Azerbaijani: hava qüvvələri pl
• Basque: aireko indar sg, aireko armada sg
• Belarusian: вае́нна-паве́траныя сі́лы f pl (vajénna-pavjétranyja síly)
• Breton: aerlu m
• Bulgarian: военновъздушни сили f pl (voennovǎzdušni sili)
• Burmese: လေတပ် (my) (letap)
• Catalan: força aèria (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 空軍／空军 (khong-kun)

  Mandarin: 空軍／空军 (zh) (kōngjūn)

• Czech: letectvo (cs) n, vzdušné síly pl
• Danish: flyvevåben (da) n, luftvåben (da) n, luftstyrke c
• Dutch: luchtmacht (nl) f
• Esperanto: aerarmeo, flugarmeo
• Estonian: lennuvägi
• Finnish: ilmavoimat (fi) pl
• French: armée de l’air (fr) f, forces aériennes f pl
• Galician: forza aérea f
• Georgian: საჰაერო ძალები (sahaero ʒalebi), სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები (samxedro-sahaero ʒalebi)
• German: Luftwaffe (de) f, Luftstreitkräfte (de) pl

  Alsatian (Low Alemannic German): Luftwàffa f

• Greek: αεροπορία (el) f (aeroporía)
• Gujarati: વાયુદળ (vāyudaḷ)
• Hebrew: חיל אוויר m (kheil avir)
• Hindi: वायु सेना f (vāyu senā), वायुदल m (vāyudal)
• Hungarian: légierő (hu)
• Icelandic: flugher n
• Ido: aer-armeo (io)
• Indonesian: angkatan udara (id)
• Irish: aerarm m, aerfhórsa m
• Italian: aeronautica militare f, forze aeree f pl, forza aerea f
• Japanese: 空軍 (ja) (くうぐん, kūgun)
• Javanese: ꦮꦢ꧀ꦪꦲꦁꦒꦼꦒꦤ (wadya anggegana)
• Khmer: កងទ័ពអាកាស (kɑɑŋ toap aakaah)
• Korean: 공군(空軍) (ko) (gonggun)
• Lao: ກອງທັບອາກາດ (lo) (kǭng thap ʼā kāt)
• Latvian: gaisa spēki f pl
• Limburgish: lóchhèèr
• Lithuanian: karinės oro pajėgos f pl
• Macedonian: воздухопло́вство n (vozduhoplóvstvo)
• Malay: tentera udara (ms)
• Maori: tauā rangi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: flyvåpen n, luftforsvar n

  Nynorsk: flyvåpen n, luftforsvar n

• Pali: ākāsayānikasenā f
• Persian: نیروی هوائی (niruye havâ'ye)
• Polish: siły powietrzne (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: força aérea (pt) f
• Romanian: forță aeriană f, aviație militară f
• Russian: вое́нно-возду́шные си́лы (ru) f pl (vojénno-vozdúšnyje síly), ВВС (ru) f pl (VVS)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ратно зракопловство n, војно зракопловство n, ратно ваздухопловство n

  Roman: ratno zrakoplovstvo n, vojno zrakoplovstvo n, ratno vazduhoplovstvo n

• Slovak: vojenské letectvo n, vzdušné sily f pl
• Slovene: vojno letalstvo n
• Spanish: fuerza aérea (es) f
• Swedish: flygvapen (sv) n
• Tagalog: hukbong-panghimpapawid
• Tamil: வான்படை (ta) (vāṉpaṭai)
• Thai: กองทัพอากาศ (th) (gong táp aa-gàat)
• Turkish: hava kuvetleri pl
• Ukrainian: військо́во-пові́тряні си́ли f pl (vijsʹkóvo-povítrjani sýly)
• Urdu: فضائیہ (fizāiya)
• Vietnamese: không quân (vi) (空軍)
• Welsh: llu awyr m, awyrlu m

unit in the U.S. Air Force

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美國空軍／美国空军 (Mĕiguó kōngjūn)

• Finnish: ilmavoimat (fi) pl