air force

I

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. air fleet, flying force, flying corps, aviation service, air power, air cover, aerospace team, air arm, air service, U.S. Air Force, USAF, Strategic Air Command, SAC, Tactical Air Command, TAC, Navy Air Force, Marine Corps Air Force, Royal Air Force, R.A.F., air cadets, Luftwaffe (German).

Types of crewmen include: pilot, copilot, fighter pilot, bomber pilot, electronic countermeasures man, radar man, bombardier, radar operator, radio operator, flight engineer, navigator.

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

air defense, air power, strategic air command; A-4 Skyhawk, A-6 Intruder, A-7 Corsair, A-10 Thunderbolt, AC-130 Hercules, B-52 Stratofortress, C-5A Galaxy, C-141 Starlifter, F-4 Phantom, F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F-16 air combat fighter, F-101 Voodoo, F-105 Thunderchief, KC-135 Stratotanker, B-2 Stealth Bomber, F-117A Stealth Fighter, P-3 Orion, Harrier.

WORD FIND

• air attack: air strike, bombing run, dog fight, strafing

• airborne early warning system: AWACS

• altitude code for thousands of feet: angels

• bombing over large area: carpet bombing

• bombs: eggs

• distress call: mayday

• electronic jamming: music

• emergency takeoff: scramble

• enemy shot down, code: splashed

• fire upon enemy aircraft: engage

• gravity suit: anti-g suit

• group: echelon, escadrille, squadron, wing

• information gathering: reconnaissance

• landing, wish to land, code: pancake

• missile fired, code: fox away

• one aircraft flight: sortie

• over land, code: feet dry

• over water, code: feet wet

• radar confusers comprised of metal foil, strips dropped from air: chaff

• reduced visibility, code: popeye

• suspected carrier of nuclear weapons, code: purple

• target position in relation to aircraft: clock

• code position UFO assumed to be enemy: bogey

• unmanned reconnaissance craft: drone

see aircraft, airport, rocket, missile, navy