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
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