Air commodore is never shortened to Commodore, which is a rank in various naval forces. Air commodore is a one-star rank and the most junior air officer rank, being immediately senior to group captain and immediately subordinate to air vice-marshal. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-6 and is equivalent to a commodore in the Royal Navy or a brigadier in the British Army or the Royal Marines. Unlike these two ranks, however, it has always been a substantive rank. Additionally, air commodores have always been considered to be air officers whilst Royal Navy commodores have not since the Napoleonic Wars
Captain general of the Army Captain general of the Army Captain General () has been the highest rank in the Spanish Army ("Ejército de Tierra") since the 18th century. A five-star rank with NATO code OF-10, it is equivalent to a field marshal of the armies of numerous countries, a general of the Army of the United States, a captain general of the Spanish Navy "(Armada Española)" or an Captain general of the Air Force in the Spanish Air Force "(Ejército del Aire)". A Captain General's insignia consists of two command sticks under five four-pointed stars below the Royal Crown. A personal rank of "captain