air commodore is the next rank after captain in the air force.
air commodore is the next rank after captain in the air force.
what is the next rank after captain in the air force?
air commodore
the following is a list of australians who have attained air marshal rank within the royal australian air force (raaf); that is, service personnel who have held the rank of air chief marshal (four-star rank), air marshal (three-star rank) or air vice marshal (two-star rank). the royal australian air force was established in 1921 as a separate branch of the australian military forces. the service was modelled after the royal air force—formed three years earlier—and adopted the same ranking system. richard williams, regarded as the "father" of the royal australian air force, was the service's first member to obtain air-officer rank on being promoted to air commodore (one-star rank) in 1927; he went on to become the first air vice marshal (1935) and air marshal (1940). in 1965, sir frederick scherger became the first officer to be advanced to air chief marshal, one of only four members of the royal australian air force to obtain this rank as of june 2014. a further twenty-one individuals have reached air marshal in the raaf and 126 air vice marshal; seven officers have retired with the honorary rank of air vice marshal.
list of royal australian air force air marshals
the rank of air vice-marshal is also used by a number of the air forces in the commonwealth, including the bangladesh air force, ghana air force, indian air force (iaf), namibian air force, pakistan air force (paf), royal australian air force (raaf) and royal new zealand air force (rnzaf) where it has been the rank held by the chief of the air staff (now known as the chief of air force) since 1943. it is also used in the egyptian air force, hellenic air force, royal air force of oman and the royal thai air force. in the indonesian air force the equivalent rank is "marsekal muda" (literally "junior marshal") which is usually translated as air vice-marshal in english. compare this with the next rank up which is "marsekal madya" (literally "middle marshal") which is usually translated as air marshal in english.
air vice-marshal