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单词 air service
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air service
air service n. (a) a branch of an army or naval force providing assistance using aircraft, spec. the precursor of a separate air force (historical); (b) the provision of aircraft on a particular route, usually on a regular basis.
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1911 Times 22 Mar. 12/1 (heading) The Army Air Service.
1914 Times 24 June 4/1 The Royal Naval Air Service..will form part of the Military Branch of the Royal Navy... A certain number [of officers] will..be selected to fill the higher posts in the Air Service.
1919 Sphere 1 Nov. p. x/3 Outside the R.A.F. there were no records of a daily air service to guide the Avro company in organising such an undertaking.
1967 Daily Tel. 17 Feb. 1/4 Plans are being made to cut BEA's Manchester-to-London air service..as a result of big passenger losses to British Railways ‘ton-up’ trains.
1992 Economist 30 May 30/1 The army has understandably never been keen to discuss the covert activities of its best trained forces in the province—notably men of the Special Air Service (SAS) regiment.
2006 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Apr. 34/1 (advt.) The Air Tindi Family, over 160 dedicated people and 23 versatile aircraft on floats, wheels, skis and tundra tires serving the north with scheduled and charter air service.
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