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
Robert Cunliffe (Royal Navy officer) to be Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport in August 1944 before retiring in January 1946. Robert Cunliffe (Royal Navy officer) Commodore Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe CBE (15 March 1895 – 29 November 1990) was a Royal Navy who became Commander-in-Chief, Dover. Cunliffe joined the Royal Navy in September 1912. He was present at the Battle of Jutland in June 1916 during the First World War. He became commanding officer of the sloop HMS "Milford" in December 1937. He also served during the Second World War as Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth from December 1939, Commander-in-Chief, Dover from April