Air commodore unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, when army-type rank titles were adopted. An air commodore then became a brigadier-general (following the US Armed Forces title, rather than the British brigadier, which had been held by equivalent officers in the former Canadian Army). In official French Canadian usage, the rank title was "commodore de l'air". The position of honorary air commodore still exists in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Air Commodore, a calque or near-literal translation is also a rank in the Egyptian Air Force, Royal Air Force of Oman, the Royal Thai Air Force and the Air Force of
Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, died 1761) Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, died 1761) Commodore Digby Dent (c. 1700 - 5 June 1761) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station. Born the son of Commodore Digby Dent (died 1737), Dent was promoted to post captain on 9 June 1738 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS "Kinsale". He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS "Hampton Court" in 1739 and saw action in operations against Santiago de Cuba during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Promoted to commodore, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1747 and Comptroller