Air Commodore

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Air Commodore is a senior air force rank, typically equivalent to an army brigadier or navy commodore, used in several Commonwealth air services.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Air Commodore canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air force rank ⓘ
military rank ⓘ
abbreviation Air Cdre ⓘ
Air Cmde ⓘ
aboveRank Group Captain ⓘ
belowRank Air Vice-Marshal ⓘ
commandLevel formation-level command ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
equivalentTo Brigadier ⓘ
Commodore (navy) ⓘ
genderNeutralTitle yes ⓘ
historicalPrecursor Brigadier-General (British Army) ⓘ
linked to: Brigadier General
insigniaFeature eagle and crown (RAF pattern) ⓘ
one broad band of braid ⓘ
introducedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
introducedInYear 1919 ⓘ
NATOrankCode OF-6 ⓘ
navalEquivalent Commodore ⓘ
nonNavalEquivalent Brigadier ⓘ
payGradeContext senior officer pay band ⓘ
promotionFrom Group Captain ⓘ
promotionTo Air Vice-Marshal ⓘ
rankClass senior officer rank ⓘ
rankGroup flag officer ranks (air force context) ⓘ
serviceBranch air force ⓘ
styleOfAddress Air Commodore [surname] ⓘ
typicalCommand air base ⓘ
air wing ⓘ
typicalRole air component commander ⓘ
senior staff officer at air force headquarters ⓘ
usedBy Bangladesh Air Force ⓘ
Ghana Air Force ⓘ
Indian Air Force ⓘ
Nigerian Air Force ⓘ
Pakistan Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
Sri Lanka Air Force ⓘ
Zimbabwe Air Force ⓘ
usedIn Commonwealth air forces ⓘ
Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
usedInConflict Cold War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Frank Whittle → militaryRank → Air Commodore ⓘ
Air Vice-Marshal → isSeniorTo → Air Commodore ⓘ