Wing commander (rank) Wing commander (rank) Wing commander (Wg Cdr in the RAF, the IAF, and the PAF, WGCDR in the RNZAF and RAAF, formerly sometimes W/C in all services) is a senior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence, including many Commonwealth countries but not including Canada (since Unification) and South Africa. It is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. It ranks immediately above squadron leader and immediately below group captain. It has a NATO ranking
Royal Brunei Air Force and was equipped with a CN-235 plane and the Base Defence Squadron. In the same year, the Third Squadron received the Pilatus PC-7 Mark II training aircraft. The Thirty-Eight Squadron was established in 1999 and is equipped with the Mistral surface-to-air missile. Currently, the commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force is Brigadier General (U) Dato Seri Pahlawan Shahril Anwar bin Haji Ma’awiah. The Air Force is divided into 5 Wings: The Operation Wing consists of 4 Flying Squadrons and two addition units: The Air Regiment consists of 3 Squadrons and Technical Training School: The Logistics Wing consists of three