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Chief technician (Chf Tech or formerly C/T) is a senior non-commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force which is only held by aviators in technical trades and by musicians. [1] It is between sergeant and flight sergeant and, like the latter has a NATO code of OR-7. Aviators in non-technical trades progress directly from sergeant to flight sergeant ...
RAF personnel, Calshot, 1936; the RAF had just over 32,000 personnel. No. 640 Sqn at RAF Leconfield, December 1944. At this time, numbers of personnel were over one million. The Vulcan at RAF Waddington, 1982. Post the Falklands Conflict, the RAF had just over 89,000 people in service. RAF 7 Force Protection Wing delivers training to support ...
List of active United Kingdom military aircraft. For RAF aircraft no longer in service, see List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force. For aircraft expected to enter service with the RAF in the future, see Future of the Royal Air Force. Tri-service badge of the United Kingdom's armed forces. This is a list of military aircraft currently in ...
December 1996. Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia. Part of the NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [ 15 ] Deliberate Force. 30 August 1995. 14 September 1995. Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia. Part of the NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On 1 January 1919 the rank of Aircraftmanreplaced the ranks of Private, Air Mechanic, and Clerk. Aircraftmen were nicknamed "Erks" (a corruption of the word 'Aircraft') by the senior ranks, which was preferred to 'other ranks' or 'troops'. The rank of Master Clerk was originally equivalent to Sergeant Major 1st Class.
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. [7] It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the second independent air force in the world after the Finnish Air Force [8] merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). [9]
Royal Air Force [30. Marshal of the RAF: Air chief marshal: Air marshal: Air vice-marshal: ... This page was last edited on 8 March 2024, at 06:10 (UTC).
RAF-style ranks are also used by the Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Nigerian Air Force, Indian Air Force, Pakistan Air Force, Bangladesh Air Force, Hellenic Air Force, Egyptian Air Force, Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard, Royal Air Force of Oman and Sri Lanka Air Force.