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thumb|Leaders in the Sri Lanka Air Force and [[United States Air Force at a joint gathering called "Airman-to-Airman Talks"]] An airman is a member of an air force or air arm of a nation's military. In some services it can refer to any service member, equivalent to the term soldier or sailor, and in some it is also a specific enlisted rank. Both men and women with this rank are called airmen. Some services have replaced the term airman with the gender-neutral term aviator. Airman may refer to civilian aircraft pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians as well. For example, the United States
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- female form of label
- vojenská letkyně
- Commons category
- Airmen
- male form of label
- طيّار جوي
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- New Zealand
- Royal New Zealand Air Force
- United Kingdom
- Royal Air Force
- United States
- United States Air Force
- Army Air Corps
- Navy
- Coast Guard
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|Leaders in the Sri Lanka Air Force and [[United States Air Force at a joint gathering called "Airman-to-Airman Talks"]] An airman is a member of an air force or air arm of a nation's military. In some services it can refer to any service member, equivalent to the term soldier or sailor, and in some it is also a specific enlisted rank. Both men and women with this rank are called airmen. Some services have replaced the term airman with the gender-neutral term aviator. Airman may refer to civilian aircraft pilots and aircraft maintenance technicians as well. For example, the United States Federal Aviation Administration has used the term airman in its civil aviation regulations. The term airwoman is occasionally used in both military and civilian contexts.
== By country == === New Zealand ===