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Wing commander (Wg Cdr or W/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. [1] The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence. Wing commander is immediately senior to squadron leader and immediately below group captain.
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Royal Air Force Reserve: 16 August 2024 [74] Victoria Caroline McPhaden: Assistant Chief of Staff Personnel Policy: CBE: 29 August 2024 [11] C. H. O′Grady: Deputy Air Officer Commanding No. 2 Group RAF: ADC: 30 August 2024 [11] D. Allen Lewis: Commandant Air Cadets, RAF Cramwell: Engineer Royal Air Force Reserve: 2 September 2024 [74] N. R ...
A squadron leader does not necessarily command a squadron, nor a wing commander necessarily command a wing, nor a group captain command a group. A group will usually be commanded by an AVM. 'Flying' wings will be commanded by a group captain, with ground-based wings commanded by a wing commander.
The RAF continued to employ wing commanders (flying) during the early years of the Cold War, among them Wing Commander Alan Rawlinson, who was responsible for the flying operations of three de Havilland Vampire squadrons based at RAF Odiham in 1949–52 and Johnson, who was appointed to lead the Vampire wing at RAF Fassberg in 1951. [13]
No. 2 Group is the other operations group within Air Command, providing aircraft that support the Royal Navy and RAF front line aircraft, the Royal Air Force Police, and the Royal Air Force Regiment. The group is headquartered at RAF High Wycombe. Air Vice-Marshal Jason Appleton was appointed Air Officer Commanding 2 Group in February 2024.
Townsend was commissioned into the RAF on 30 July 1992. [1] He became station commander at RAF Marham in July 2017, [2] [3] commander of No. 903 Expeditionary Air Wing at RAF Akrotiri in September 2019 and Assistant Chief of Staff, Capability Strategy at RAF Air Command in December 2021. [4] He took command of No. 22 Group RAF in May 2023. [5]
Marshal of the RAF: Air chief marshal: Air marshal: Air vice-marshal: Air commodore: Group captain: Wing commander: Squadron leader: Flight lieutenant: Flying officer: Pilot officer /acting pilot officer United States Air Force [31