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Master Technicians, Senior Technicians and Corporal Technicians became Warrant Officer, Sergeant and Corporal respectively. The ORs structure became: Warrant Officer (WO) / Master Aircrew (MAcr) Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt, F/Sgt, or FS) / Flight Sergeant Aircrew (FSAcr) Chief Technician (Chf Tech, C/T, or CT) Sergeant (Sgt) / Sergeant Aircrew (SAcr)
Warrant officer: Flight sergeant: Chief technician: Sergeant: Corporal: Lance corporal (RAF Regiment only) Air specialist (class 1) technician: Air specialist (class 1) Air specialist (class 2) Air recruit Royal Air Force [25] (Aircrew)
Master warrant officer: Warrant officer: Sergeant: Master corporal: Corporal: Aviator (trained) Aviator (basic) Adjudant(e)-chef: ... Flight sergeant aircrew Sergeant ...
Non-commissioned aircrew graduate as sergeant aircrew, not officers; this status is denoted by an eagle and the phrase Aircrew Cadet on their otherwise plain rank tab and the RAF airman's cap badge with a white patch behind. Members of all squadrons who are injured are moved to E Flight/Section and wear a white band on the rank tab.
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).
The title flight officer was a military rank used by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and also an air force rank in several Commonwealth countries, where it was used for female officers and was equivalent to the rank of flight lieutenant. The term flight officer is sometimes used today to describe job title positions as ...
Other ranks (ORs) in the Royal Marines (RM), the British Army, and the Royal Air Force (RAF), along with the navies, armies, and air forces of many other Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland, are those personnel who are not commissioned officers, but usually include non-commissioned officers (NCOs).
Warrant officer: Flight sergeant: Chief technician: Sergeant: Corporal: Lance corporal (RAF Regiment only) Air specialist (class 1) technician: Air specialist (class 1) Air specialist (class 2) Air recruit Royal Air Force [25] (Aircrew)