Ace airmen crashed somewhere in the Caucasus (7)

I believe the answer is:

armenia

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'somewhere in the caucasus' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'ace airmen crashed' is the wordplay.
'ace' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'crashed' indicates an anagram.
'airmen' with letters rearranged gives 'rmenia'.
'a'+'rmenia'='ARMENIA'

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(Other definitions for armenia that I've seen before include "Mountainous republic bordering Turkey" , "South-west Asian country, capital Yerevan" , "Transcaucasian nation" , "Republic, formerly part of the Soviet Union" , "Former Soviet republic of south-east Europe, capital Yerevan" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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