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aircraftman BrE

At the age of eighteen he was a senior aircraftsman.

And did you find the leading aircraftsman a satisfactory playmate?"

He switched off the engines and an aircraftsman came up and opened the cabin door.

On 7 August 2007 a Leading Aircraftsman was killed during a fire fight with Iraqi insurgents.

T. E. Lawrence was stationed there under the moniker Aircraftsman Shaw.

But somehow I just managed to miss Leading Aircraftsman by two per cent when I passed out.

The spelling "aircraftsman", despite being seen even in official documents, is incorrect in the RAF.

The third crewmember, rear gunner Leading Aircraftsman Lawrence Reynolds, did not share the award.

Corporal Stephen Patterson was brought to Chippenham magistrates court this morning along with senior aircraftsman, Douglas Bailey.

The RAAF equivalent to the army rank of lance-corporal is Leading Aircraftsman.

One of the Signals assistants was male, a Leading Aircraftsman whose name I cannot now recall, but I will call him Fred.

Regardless of classification, all CRTS recruits wear the blank shoulder board of an Aircraftsman on their epaulettes.

A Leading aircraftsman, he joined the RAF when it was formed in 1918 after transferring from the Royal Flying Corps.

Born in Devonport, Devon, Vernon was a leading aircraftsman with the Royal Air Force and represented them at football.

During World War II, he served in the RAF as an aircraftsman in North Africa.

A recreational aviator, he enlisted at the outbreak of World War II in 1939 as an Aircraftsman, was promoted Flight Sergeant and later commissioned.

Upon graduation from CRTS, the (A)'s are reclassified as Aircraftsman (AC)'s.

He reached the substantive rank of Leading Aircraftsman, but acted as a Sergeant for an extended period and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM).

"Aircraftsman Shaw", also known as T. E. Lawrence, or Lawrence of Arabia, was detached to Calshot to help with the 1929 Schneider races.

Aircraftsman Vivian Hollowday, serving at the airfield, won the George Cross for the attempted rescue of two crews which crashed there in July and August 1940.

Corporal Stephen Paterson had been drinking with his friend, Senior Aircraftsman Douglas Bailey, before the catastrophic fire at RAF Hullavington.

The Churchyard Extension contains the war grave of an airman of World War II, Aircraftsman 2nd Class John Lionel Crook who died on 12 December 1944.

Corporal Stephen Paterson had been kept in custody for his own safety, along with senior aircraftsman Douglas Bailey since the fire at RAF Hullavington in Wiltshire earlier this month.

Leading Aircraftsman Lee Crooks (born 14 January 1978 in Wakefield, England) is an infantry soldier in the RAF Regiment, and former professional footballer best known for having played for Manchester City.

He gave his attention back to the patiently waiting aircraftman.

He was promoted to leading aircraftman on 24 August 1940.

He was discharged on 25 January 1946 with the rank of aircraftman.

The rank is aircraftman, even if he is a craftsman.

Airmen in non-technical trades always progressed directly from senior aircraftman to corporal.

He half led, half carried her there, where an aircraftman was just heaving the second last parachute and container through the doorway.

Inside the bomber Aircraftman Grigson, halfway through his cigarette, knew immediately what had happened.

During this time he was advanced in rank to leading aircraftman, before he returned to service with No. 1 Squadron.

From the rank of leading aircraftman he was commissioned as a pilot officer on probation (emergency) on 1 December 1944.

Leading Aircraftman Reynolds, the third member of the crew, did not receive a medal because he was not in a "decision making" position.

At the urging of a local priest, the RAF relented and he was recruited as an aircraftman.

Aircraftman second class, Johnson.' '

Senior aircraftman (technician)

T. E. Lawrence was stationed here as Aircraftman Shaw.

He enlisted in the Royal Air Force under an assumed name, becoming 352087 Aircraftman Ross.

Senior Aircraftman Thompson is the oldest British serviceman to die in Afghanistan.

In November 1939, Dahl joined the Royal Air Force as an aircraftman.

The Royal Australian Air Force also uses both aircraftman and aircraftwoman.

Between 1943 and 1945, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Leading Aircraftman.

Senior aircraftman Douglas Bailey pleaded guilty to arson at Swindon Crown court.

He spent his holidays in that stultifying place and took no benefit from it; when war broke out he joined the RAF as an aircraftman.

Junior technician is also a rank in the Pakistan Air Force, where it ranks between corporal technician and senior aircraftman.

He enlisted in the Royal Air Force as an aircraftman and was selected for the officer cadre in December 1943.

A former Aircraftman 2nd class, he was commissioned into the secretarial branch of the RAF as a pilot officer (national service) on 25 May 1950.

Leading Aircraftman Athol Barker survived but was later shot down whilst flying over Germany.

The pay grade for airman basic is E-1.

Sip - Airman basic (no insignia)

A cadet starts as a cadet airman basic, and is promoted as he or she completes each achievement.

Having risen through the ranks from airman basic to three-star general over his thirty-year career, Samson's entire life had been a series of challenges and successes.

SDF uniformed personnel are recruited as private, E-1, seaman recruit, and airman basic for a fixed term.

As opposed to all other USAF enlisted and officer ranks, airman basic has no rank insignia affiliated.

After being accepted into the ANG, Airman Basic Bush was selected to attend pilot training.

Cadet Airmen Basic are to be referred to as "Cadet" or by their last name by other cadets and Senior Members.

Under normal circumstances, airmen basic are eligible for promotion to airman (E-2) after six months' time in grade (TIG).

The title E-1 for Air Force personnel was revised from Basic Airman to Airman Basic.

The rank of Basic Airman was renamed Airman Basic on 5 February 1959, still with no insignia attached.

Aces High was going to war, and every man and woman in the small unit, from the airman basic cook in the in-flight kitchen to the commander, knew it.

Thereafter, Re joined the United States Air Force receiving the initial rank of Airman Basic (no Insignia).

A cadet begins at Cadet Airman Basic (the lowest enlisted grade) and must progress through all the enlisted grades before becoming a cadet officer.

A total of 27 patients were hospitalized, one of whom, a nineteen-year-old Airman Basic, Paige Villers, died in the ICU.

Airman basic (AB) is the lowest enlisted rank in the United States Air Force (USAF), immediately below airman.

The lack of uniform insignia for airmen basic is the reason for the nickname "slick-sleeve"; all other enlisted Air Force ranks wear stripes and chevrons on their uniform sleeves.

Cadet Airman Basic (C/AB) is the beginner level grade of Civil Air Patrol (CAP) cadets and of all phases.

Dalton was sentenced to 10 years in prison, given a dishonorable discharge, reduced in rank from Senior Airman to Airman Basic and ordered to forfeit all pay and allowances.

USAF rank is divided between enlisted airmen, non-commissioned officers, and commissioned officers, and ranges from the enlisted Airman Basic (E-1) to the commissioned rank of General (O-10).

Aragon enlisted in the Oklahoma Air National Guard on September 9, 1979 as an Airman Basic in the 219th Engineering Installation Squadron stationed out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

In order to earn this award, cadets must pass a series of leadership, aerospace and physical fitness tests and attend character development training for each achievement from Cadet Airman Basic through Cadet Chief Master Sergeant.

However, if for some reason they get expelled from basic training, they do not receive this extra pay, and just get paid as Airmen Basic for the time that they spent in the Air Force before getting discharged.

On February 5, 1959, the new Air Force regulation governing the titles of enlisted ranks was released; the only change being direction that the title for E-1 was changed from basic airman to the current airman basic.

The rank of Airman (abbreviated "AMN") is the second enlisted rank from the bottom, just above the rank of Airman Basic, and just below that of Airman First Class.