The flight personnel gave war cries! (8)

I believe the answer is:

aircrews

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'the flight personnel gave war cries' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'gave war cries' is the wordplay.
'gave' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'giving' mean this (the letters give the letters for another word)).
'war'+'cries'='warcries'
'warcries' with letters rearranged gives 'AIRCREWS'.

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