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
William Beloe (Royal Navy officer) William Beloe (Royal Navy officer) Vice Admiral Sir (Isaac) William (Trant) Beloe (9 December 1909 – 3 April 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. Beloe joined the Royal Navy in 1923. He served in World War II commanding the destroyer HMS "Campbeltown" and frigate HMS "Cotton" in the Western Approaches, Western Mediterranean and Russian convoys. After the War he commanded the destroyer HMS "Contest" and then became Deputy Director of the Royal Navy Staff College before commanding the destroyer HMS "Dainty" and then the aircraft carrier HMS "Ocean". He was appointed Commodore commanding