: an enlisted person of the lowest rank in the air force
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebZier could have received a year in jail as well as six months’ forfeiture of pay and allowances, three months’ hard labor and reduction in rank to airman basic. Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2022 Critics decry the outcome as light punishment because Zier could have received a year in jail as well as six months’ forfeiture of pay and allowances, three months’ hard labor and reduction in rank to airman basic. Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Jan. 2022 Reimers already faced a general court-martial in March, in which he was found guilty and sentenced to 84 months of confinement, a six-grade demotion to airman basic and a dishonorable discharge, the Air Force Times reported. Peter Aitken, Fox News, 15 July 2021 Kelley received a bad conduct discharge, confinement for 12 months, and was demoted to E-1, or airman basic. Ashley Killough And Paul Leblanc, CNN, 7 July 2021 McKennie joined the Air Force in 1989 as an airman basic and served six years on active duty. Mike Cason | Mcason@al.com, al, 3 June 2021 Those and other changes, large and small, are rippling to those in the lowest rank, airman basic. Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 9 Apr. 2020 The airman received the letter of reprimand as well as a demotion in rank to airman basic, the Air Force’s lowest enlisted rank.Anchorage Daily News, 1 Mar. 2020 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1952, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
airman basic
noun
: an enlisted person of the lowest rank in the air force