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  2. Ranks of the Royal Australian Air Force - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. Heraldic badges of the Royal Air Force - Wikipedia

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    the insignia within the body (known as the Blazon in heraldry) [35] the scroll; the motto that is inlaid upon the scroll. [36] RAF Badges are often called 'crests', even by serving members of the military, but they are in fact, heraldic badges. [37] [38] [39] Crests is a common misnomer and represents just one part of a badge in heraldic terms.

  4. Australian Defence Force ranks - Wikipedia

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    The Australian Defence Force's (ADF) ranks of officers and enlisted personnel in each of its three service branches of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army, and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) inherited their rank structures from their British counterparts. The insignia used to identify these ranks are also generally ...

  5. Royal Australian Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The RAAF badge was accepted by the Chester Herald in 1939. The badge is composed of the St Edward's Crown mounted on a circle featuring the words Royal Australian Air Force, beneath which scroll work displays the Latin motto Per Ardua Ad Astra, which it shares with the Royal Air Force.

  6. Comparative air force officer ranks of the Commonwealth

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    Marshal of the RAAF: Air chief marshal: Air marshal: Air vice-marshal: Air commodore: Group captain: Wing commander: Squadron leader: Flight lieutenant: Flying officer: Pilot officer: Bahamas: No air force

  7. Badge of the Royal Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The badge was based on a design by a tailor at Gieves Ltd of Savile Row in London. It was first used in August 1918, and the original circlet showed a garter and buckle.The present plain circlet dates from 26 January 1923 when the badge was registered at the College of Arms and, it being noted that the garter and buckle were heraldically incorrect, a substitution was made.

  8. Aircrew brevet - Wikipedia

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    An aircrew flying badge (unofficially and incorrectly known as an aircrew brevet – which is actually French for a diploma or certificate) is the badge worn on the left breast, above any medal ribbons, by qualified aircrew in the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, British Army, Indian Air Force, Pakistan Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army, Royal Australian ...

  9. Royal Australian Air Force Ensign - Wikipedia

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    RAAF airfield defence guards posing with the RAAF Ensign and the Australian national flag in Afghanistan. The RAAF was established in 1921. On 24 July 1922, the British Royal Air Force Ensign, a sky-blue British ensign with the RAF roundel in the fly, was approved as the ensign of the RAAF. This flag was used until 1948, when the RAAF asked to ...