An
airman is a member of the air component of a nation's
armed service. In the
United States Air Force, it can also refer to a specific enlisted rank. More informally, it can refer to any member of an
air force, or to any
pilot, aviator, or aircrewman, military or civilian, male or female. The equivalent in the British
Royal Air Force and some other
Commonwealth countries is
aircraftman/woman.