How many air commodores are there in the raf

Air Commodore Cynthia Fowler wrote a few words about her life before she became patron of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Association, which we are pleased to reproduce here. In reply, on behalf of the Association, we were happy to welcome her to our ranks with the wish that the connection would be a long and happy one.

A number of tours at home and overseas followed, leading to promotion to Squadron Leader in That year saw the beginning of the first of my six tours at the Ministry of Defence.

Thankfully, these were interspersed with spells at Stations and as a student at the Joint Services Defence College.

My last big step came in when I became an Air Commodore, serving at first in Personnel and Training Command with responsibility for general education and physical training and then, from , as Director of Recruiting and Selection. I secured my first job in the third sector 25 years ago and, after a year, moved into the field of fundraising and communications as I thought it was the best way of using my particular skillset to advance the missions of the charities I worked for.

Initially, I cut my teeth working in Australia. Then in , I returned to the UK, the country of my birth, where I spent the next eight years working in the health and biomedical research sectors at Help the Aged and at a specialist hospital, St. Mark's, in Harrow. At the end of , my family and I returned to Australia to spend time with my elderly parents. My major role there saw me returning to the clinical environment and working as the Director of Fundraising and Communications for Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, one of the only two dedicated cancer hospitals in Australia.

Following a restructure, I then returned to the UK at the end and have worked in the UK since in the health and disability sectors. To contact Jason please email directors rafbf. These appointments are rare and to date have been reserved for senior members of the Royal Family. Air commodore-in-chief is not a rank and such an appointment does not convey the rank of air commodore upon the recipient.

In the Indonesian Air Force the equivalent rank is marsekal pertama literally "first marshal" which is usually translated as air commodore in English. The Hellenic Air Force uses the rank of taxiarchos tis aeroporias literally meaning he who orders the air force or less literally as air force brigadier which is normally rendered as air commodore in English and was introduced in the early s [ citation needed ] when the Greek armed forces were reconstituted along British lines while in exile in the Middle East.

The Royal Canadian Air Force used the rank until the unification of the Canadian Forces in , when army-type rank titles were adopted.

An air commodore then became a brigadier-general following the US 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. The Royal Netherlands Air Force 's equivalent rank is commodore which has essentially the same rank insignia. The Chilean Air Force equivalent rank is comodoro which has same rank insignia on the sleeve. Military Wiki Explore. Popular pages. Project maintenance. Register Don't have an account?

Air commodore. Edit source History Talk 0. An RAF air commodore's sleeve on No. A Hellenic Air Force taxiarchos air commodore's rank insignia. An Indian Air Force air commodore's rank insignia.