Commodore (rank) lieutenant-colonel or wing commander in other air forces. Commodore is a rank in the Royal Netherlands Air Force. It is a one-star rank and has essentially the same rank insignia as the British air commodore. Many air forces use the rank of air commodore. This rank was first used by the Royal Air Force and is now used in many countries such as Australia, Bangladesh, Greece, India, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand and Zimbabwe. It is the equivalent rank to the navy rank of "commodore", and the army ranks of brigadier and brigadier general. The German air force used the
Edward Ellis (Royal Navy officer) to the First Sea Lord in 1966. Appointed CBE in May 1968, his last appointments were as Commodore Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth in 1968 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1972 before retiring in 1974. Edward Ellis (Royal Navy officer) Rear-Admiral Edward William Ellis CB, CBE (6 September 1918 - 13 January 2002) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Ellis joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and served in World War II in the destroyer HMS "Broadwater" and then in the destroyer HMS "Eclipse". He became Secretary to the