• Wing commander (Wg Cdr or W/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces...
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  • Wing Commander is a 1999 science fiction film loosely based on the video game series of the same name. It was directed by Chris Roberts, the creator of...
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  • Officer Corps, commander (abbreviated "CDR") is a senior-grade officer rank, with the pay grade of O-5. Commander ranks above lieutenant commander (O-4) and...
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  • this includes the ranks of lieutenant commander/major/squadron leader, commander/lieutenant colonel/wing commander and naval captain/colonel/group captain...
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    Service Corps, commander (abbreviated "CDR") is a senior-grade officer rank, with the pay grade of O-5. Commander ranks above lieutenant commander (O-4) and...
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  • commander is the officer assigned to command a military base. In the United States armed forces, a base commander is generally at least an O-6 grade officer...
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  • Navy) Lieutenant commander (United States Coast Guard) Lieutenant commander (Vanuatu Maritime Wing) "Triservice Officers Pay and Grade" (PDF). UK Government...
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  • navies stabilized, and the ranks of commander, lieutenant commander, and sub-lieutenant (or lieutenant, junior grade in the U.S. services) were introduced...
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  • grades of colonel, brigadier general, and major general are reserved for wing and region commanders, National Vice Commander, and National Commander respectively...
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  • (W-2 to W-4), ensign (O-1), lieutenant (junior grade) (O-2), lieutenant (O-3), and lieutenant commander (O-4).[citation needed] Enlisted rank Non-commissioned...
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  • are OF 5 (US pay grade O-6) captain commands roughly analogous to a USMC Marine Aircraft Group or USAF wing. Officers in command of wing level units other...
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    promoted to the grade of CAP colonel only upon appointment as a Region Commander, responsible for overseeing multiple states, or Wing Commander, responsible...
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    A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch. As a technical...
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  • company grade officer or junior field grade officer who serves as a staff administrative assistant to a senior officer, starting with a commander at the...
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    to the grade of major in CAP. This level of training concentrates on members desiring to become leaders within the CAP. Every wing commander and region...
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  • command to the Wing Commander is the Deputy Wing Commander who is and only can be a colonel. The senior enlisted personnel of a wing can be known as...
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  • promoted to first lieutenant. A second lieutenant (grade O-1) is usually promoted to first lieutenant (grade O-2) after 18 months in the Army or 24 months...
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    Carrier Air Wing 7 (CVW-7) as deputy air wing commander from October 2009 through August 2011, embarked aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. The air wing, composed...
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    Sarwar as Terrorist Hammad Wadhera, Prasanna as Wing Commander Abhimanyu Vardhan based on Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, Sikandar Kharbanda and others...
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  • pronunciation was included in editions of the OED up until the 1970s). The senior grade of lieutenant is known as first lieutenant in the United States, and as...
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  • flight lieutenant and immediately below wing commander. It is usually equivalent to the rank of lieutenant commander in the navy and of the rank of major...
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    31st Fighter Wing, 8th Fighter Wing, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, and 78th Fighter Squadron. He has also served as deputy commander of the U.S. Central...
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  • branches (headed by a lieutenant, junior grade or a chief petty officer). The CO of a Reserve squadron is also a commander, as is the XO who will also assume...
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  • A NATO standard grade scale is used by the NATO and its partners for the purpose of comparing military ranks across the member nations militaries, as...
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    pay grade of first sergeant, is a special duty rank held by a senior enlisted member of a military unit who reports directly to the unit commander or deputy...
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    Paddy Finucane (category Royal Air Force wing commanders)
    Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (/fɪˈnuːkən/ fin-OO-kən; 16 October 1920 – 15 July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane amongst...
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  • structure, establishing the grade of technical sergeant as its permanent E-6 grade. This continued its usage from the Air Force. The grade of technical sergeant...
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  • (Junior grade) is equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel/Commander/Wing Commander. Commandant is an officer-grade rank of the Military of France, specifically the...
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  • enlisted pay grade E-1 AB – Air Base ABDR – Aircraft Battle Damage Repair ABM – Air Battle Manager ABU – Airman Battle Uniform ABW – Air Base Wing ACA – Airspace...
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    Exchange Programme, or Foreign Cruise (Navy Wing only). Three certificates are awarded: 'A' grade, 'B' grade, 'C' grade. A cadet has to obtain 45% marks in each...
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