How to Use aircrew in a Sentence

aircrew

noun
  • The ex-French jets will need aircrews and ground crews, of course.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Navy pilots and aircrew are in constant debate over boot color—black or brown.
    — Cory Graff, Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2021
  • All six aircrew ejected safely.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 3 Mar. 2026
  • All six aircrew ejected safely.
    — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • In response, aircrews have begun to use eye protection or use visors as shields against the lasers.
    — Jeremy Page, WSJ, 3 May 2018
  • Most of the aircrew and support staff working with the squadrons on the ground are women as well, officials said.
    — Ruth Serven Smith | [email protected], al, 12 Feb. 2023
  • All four members of the aircrew ejected, a Navy official said.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 18 May 2026
  • The sixth passenger had still been missing, and divers, boat crews and aircrews searched the area on Monday.
    — Ellen Yan, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The man told the aircrew the bear harassed him nightly for several days after the attack.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 22 July 2021
  • Once the testing program is complete, the helmets are scheduled to begin rolling out to aircrews next year.
    — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The aircrew were able to land the aircraft, but the plane was so badly damaged that the service just left the plane outdoors in the desert.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Not knowing how to correct for the malfunction, the aircrew and their passengers were doomed.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Four aircrew members were aboard the aircraft for a training mission and ejected safely.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The aircrew also gave the man instructions over the loudspeaker.
    — David Hernandez, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Dec. 2017
  • The aircrew flew them to Eugene Airport, where sheriff’s deputies were waiting.
    — Fox News, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Details about passengers and the aircrew began to emerge on Tuesday.
    — Elaine Yu, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The pilots and aircrew bailed out of the aircraft using parachutes located in the aircraft.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The weapon can also fly more than 45 miles to strike mobile targets, reducing the amount of time that aircrews spend in harm’s way.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The helicopter then rolled off the right or starboard side of the deck and plunged into the sea with six sailors on board — two pilots, two aircrew and two corpsmen.
    — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2022
  • In a video of the rescue, a member of the woman's hiking party can be heard calling to the aircrew as their chopper comes into view.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • The 24-person aircrew was held for 10 days before being released.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 13 June 2023
  • To cut costs, Cathay has slashed pilot base salaries by about 40 percent, angering many members of its aircrew.
    — Tiffany May, New York Times, 29 May 2023
  • After the ceremony, Charles and William met with serving aircrew in front of the aircraft.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
  • The event is an opportunity for fans to get an up-close look at select military aircraft from the air show, as well as meet some of the aircrew who fly them.
    — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The aircrew was able to find the agents and the two patients in a narrow cut below Montana Peak but was unable to land due to the terrain.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 7 July 2023
  • The planes will help resolve the fate of nearly two dozen aircrew listed as MIA for nearly 80 years.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Dec. 2022
  • In just the first 24 hours, 51 people were rescued from flood zones by aircrews responding to the flood of emergency calls.
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The aircrew landed the chopper and attended to the woman, helping to control her bleeding from a head wound – even working through the border fence.
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 3 June 2021
  • The conditions of the aircrew members were not immediately known.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 June 2026

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