An air 3D printing material extruding and holding apparatus comprises a material extruding device and a material holding device, the material extruding device is composed of a conical tube, a tapered material extruding screw, a feeding hopper, a square tube and a connecting shaft, and the material holding device is composed of a material holding plate, a powder scraping rotating wheel, a material receiving hopper and a material receiving straight tube; the tapered larger opening end of the tapered tube is upward and is connected with the feeding hopper, the tapered material extruding screw is arranged in the tapered tube, the connecting shaft and a motor are arranged at the upper end of the tapered material extruding screw, the small opening end of the tapered tube is downward and is connected with the square tube, an oblique square opening is arranged at one end of the square tube far away from the tapered tube, and the material holding plate is arranged in a position having a preset distance to the oblique square opening and just below the oblique square opening; and the material receiving hopper is arranged below the material holding plate, the lower end port of the material receiving hopper is connected with the material receiving straight tube, the lower end of the material receiving straight tube is connected with a flexible tube, the body of the material receiving hopper is connected with a support arm, and the support arm is connected with the tapered tube and supports the tapered tube and the feeding hopper.