• An air officer is an air force officer of the rank of air commodore or higher. Such officers may be termed "officers of air rank". While the term originated...
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    lower proportion of officers, but a higher total number of officers, while navies and air forces have higher proportions of officers, especially since military...
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    The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards...
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  • Air Officer Commanding (AOC) is a title given in the air forces of Commonwealth (and some other) nations to an air officer who holds a command appointment...
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    Air Force. The Chief of the Air Staff, an air chief marshal, is a four-star officer and is responsible for the bulk of operational command of the Air...
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  • in the Navy; and air commodores, air vice marshals, air marshals and air chief marshals in the Air Force. Each of these flag officers are designated with...
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  • The United States Air Force officer rank insignia in use today. Reserved for wartime use only. No periods are used in actual grade abbreviation, only...
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    Liberation War, and consisted of revolting Bengali officers and airmen who defected from the Pakistan Air Force at Dimapur Airport in the Indian state of...
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  • Pakistan Air Force, Air Marshalls are equivalent to general officers of the army. At present, the Air Force has 1 Air Chief Marshal (ACM), 9 Air Marshals...
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  • serving Air Marshals or Air Officers of the Indian Air Force. The Chief of the Air Staff is the only serving Four Star Air Officer in the Indian Air Force...
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    Armed Forces. Customarily held by a four-star air chief marshal, the CAS is the senior-most operational officer of the IAF, mandated with the responsibilities...
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  • and air forces grades determined from them by "national regulations". OF-10 – OF-1 (highest to lowest rank code) are used for commissioned officers: OF-10...
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  • Forces, the term "senior officer" (French: officier supérieur) is used in all three services. It includes the army and air force ranks of major, lieutenant-colonel...
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  • Commonwealth air forces, air-officer ranks usually include air chief marshal, air marshal, air vice-marshal and air commodore. For some air forces, however...
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    Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), by statute a four-star air officer, is appointed by the President with the consultation...
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  • Air commodore (Air Cdre or Air Cmde) is an air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the...
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  • Air marshal (Air Mshl or AM) is an air-officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by the air forces...
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  • The officer ranks of the Royal Air Force, as they are today, were introduced in 1919. Prior to that Army ranks were used. Marshal of the Royal Air Force...
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  • Air chief marshal (Air Chf Mshl or ACM) is a high-ranking air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is...
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    non-commissioned officers mess and billet with warrant officers; their mess is normally referred to as the warrant officers and sergeants mess (army and air force...
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  • naval officers is flag officer commanding (FOC) and that for air force officers is air officer commanding (AOC). In the case of flag and air officers heading...
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  • A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term...
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    A Weapon Systems Officer (WSO), nicknamed "Wizzo", is an air flight officer directly involved in all air operations and weapon systems of a military aircraft...
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    Air Officer Scotland is the senior Royal Air Force officer in Scotland. Since January 2024, the appointment has been held by Air Commodore Bill Gibson...
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    Air marshal is a three-star air officer rank in the Indian Air Force. It is the second-highest active rank in the Indian Air Force. Air marshal ranks...
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  • The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) is the aerial service branch of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) responsible for controlling and defending...
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    (Indonesian: Panglima TNI), a 4-star officer whom can be a general (Army/Marine), an admiral (Navy), or an air chief marshal (Air Force). The commander of the...
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  • senior air officers of the Bangladesh Air Force. As of December 2024, the force has 1 Air Chief Marshal and 11 Air Vice Marshals, but no Air Marshal...
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  • Steven Abbott (category Royal Air Force Regiment officers)
    Air Commodore Steven Abbott CBE (born 5 February 1956) is a former senior officer in the Royal Air Force. He was educated at the University of East Anglia...
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    of the Commanding Officer of Operational Command was upgraded from Air Commodore to Air Vice Marshal and later, to the rank of Air Marshal. In the aftermath...
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