air force

See also: airforce and Air Force

English

Alternative forms

airforce

Noun

air force (plural air forces)

A branch of the military mainly devoted to air warfare, as opposed to (land) army and navy.
When you're in the air force you have to be prepared to launch missiles at people from the air.
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 (ṘŌU), օդուժ (hy) (ōduž)
Azerbaijani: hava qüvvələri pl
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:
Mandarin: 空軍 (zh), 空军 (zh) (kōngjūn)
Min Nan: 空軍, 空军 (khong-kun)
Czech: letectvo (cs) n, vzdušné síly pl
Danish: flyvevåben n, luftvåben n, luftstyrke c
Dutch: luchtmacht (nl)
Esperanto: aerarmeo, flugarmeo
Estonian: lennuvägi
Finnish: ilmavoimat (fi) pl
French: armée de l'air (fr) f, force aérienne f
Galician: forza aérea f
Georgian: საჰაერო ძალები (sahaero ʒalebi), სამხედრო-საჰაერო ძალები (samxedro-sahaero ʒalebi)
German: Luftwaffe (de) f, Luftstreitkräfte (de) pl
Greek: αεροπορία (el) f (aeroporía)
Gujarati: વાયુદળ (vāyudaḷ)
Hebrew: חיל אוויר‎ m (kheil avir)
Hindi: वायु सेना f (vāyu senā)
Hungarian: légierő (hu)
Icelandic: loftvopn 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 (ko) (gonggun) (空軍 (ko))
Lao: ກອງທັບອາກາດ (lo) (kǭng thap ’ā kāt)
Latvian: gaisa spēki f pl
Limburgish: lóchhèèr
Lithuanian: karinės oro pajėgos f pl
Macedonian: воздухопло́вство n (vozduhoplóvstvo)
Malay: tentera udara
Maori: tauā rangi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: flyvåpen n, luftforsvar n
Nynorsk: flyvåpen n, luftforsvar n
Persian: نیروی هوائی‎ (niruye havāyi)
Polish: siły powietrzne f pl
Portuguese: força aérea (pt) f
Romanian: forță aeriană f, aviație militară f
Russian: вое́нно-возду́шные си́лы 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 (gong táp aa-gàat)
Turkish: hava kuvetleri pl
Ukrainian: військо́во-пові́тряні си́ли f pl (vijsʹkóvo-povítrjani sýly)
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
Icelandic: loftvopn n