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Air commodore (Air Cdre or Air Cmde) is an air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. [1] The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure.
The rank structure of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has been inherited from the Royal Air Force (RAF). The RAF based its officer ranks on the Royal Navy, and its airmen ranks on the British Army. Unlike the RAF, RAAF rank abbreviations are always written in uppercase without spaces (e.g. Pilot Officer is written as PLTOFF, not Plt Off).
The alternatives to the rank of Private in the British Army and Royal Marines are as follows: Marine (Mne) in the Royal Marines; Air Trooper (ATpr) in the Army Air Corps; Gunner (Gnr) in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery; Highlander (Hdr) in The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons); Ranger (Rgr) in the Royal Irish Regiment;
Marshal of the air force: General or colonel general or army general: Admiral: Air chief marshal: Lieutenant general or army corps general: Vice admiral: Air marshal: Major general or divisional general: Rear admiral or Counter admiral: Air vice-marshal: Brigadier or brigadier general: Commodore or flotilla admiral: Air commodore: Senior ...
Commodore is a senior naval rank used in many navies which is equivalent to brigadier or brigadier general and air commodore. It is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral. It is either regarded as the most junior of the flag officers rank or may not hold the jurisdiction of a flag officer at all depending on the officer's appointment.
The thinnest braid, as found on the pilot officer's rank (and in the middle of the squadron leader's rank), is 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6 mm); the flying officer's braid common to all the ranks except air commodore and pilot officer, is 1 ⁄ 2 inch (1.3 cm), and the thickest braid, as found on all air officer ranks, is 2 inches (5.1 cm).
This means the Australian Army rank of brigadier, the Royal Australian Navy rank of commodore, and the Royal Australian Air Force rank of air commodore. In the Australian Public Service , guided by the Public Service Act 1999 , the level of one-star rank is the equivalent civilian level of Senior Executive Service Band 1 which is styled as ...
Air Commodore is a One-star rank in the Indian Air Force. Air Commodore ranks above the rank of Group Captain and below the two-star rank of air vice marshal. The equivalent rank in the Indian Army is brigadier and in the Indian Navy is Commodore. Air Cmde R. Radhish in an air commodore's uniform.