Air Officer - Citizendia

An Air Officer is a British Royal Air Force officer of rank Air Commodore or higher. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Air Commodore ( Air Cdre in the RAF, AIRCDRE in the RNZAF and RAAF, A/C in the former RCAF) is a rank in The term is also used by many Commonwealth nations who have a similar rank structure to the RAF.

It is equivalent in concept to a flag officer in navies and a general officer in armies and marine corps. A flag officer is a commissioned officer who is senior enough to be entitled to fly a Flag to represent where he exercises command However, in the British Armed Forces, while an air commodore is an air officer, his Royal Navy equivalent, (Commodore), is not considered a flag officer, nor is his British Army or Royal Marines equivalent, (Brigadier), considered a general officer. The Armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Please see Commodore (rank for other versions of this rank Commodore is a rank of the Royal Navy above Captain and The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. The Royal Marines ( RM) are the marine corps and amphibious Infantry of the United Kingdom and along with the Royal Navy This article refers to the military rank For the Doctor Who character known as the Brigadier see Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. However, in 1919 when the RAF introduced its air officer ranks, the equivalent Army rank was brigadier-general which was a general officer rank. Brigadier General is the lowest ranking General Officer in some countries usually sitting between the ranks of Colonel and Major General. The british rank of brigadier was not introduced until 1922.

In some other countries, most notably the armed forces of the United States, army, air force and marine corps, 1 star officers are considered to be general officers and 1 star officers of the navy and coast guard are considered to be flag officers. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An officer of 1 star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-6. An officer of 1 star rank is a senior commander in many of the armed services holding a rank described by the NATO code of OF-6.

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