From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishairmanair‧man /ˈeəmən $ ˈer-/ noun (plural airmen /-mən/) [countable] PMPsomeone who is a member of their country’s air force
Examples from the Corpus
airman• This is not to say that our soldiers, sailors and airmen have not comported themselves bravely when asked to do so.• Read in studio A new theory has emerged tonight about the possible cause of the Hercules crash in which nine airmen died.• Even the luggage racks contained their quota of sailors, soldiers, or airmen.• The court was told the airman had drunk seventeen pints of beer.• Three airmen were killed during the battle.• But flying accidents were to take the lives of young airmen beyond that date. 