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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 ...
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 ...
4 March 2024 [36] S. E. Courtnadge: Head Defence Intelligence Russia and Eurasia Centre: Policy: 19 April 2024 [70] M. H. G. Carver: Deputy J5 Allied Integration, US Southern Command: Policy: 26 April 2024 [70] Christopher William Todd: Royal Air Force Reserve: 30 April 2024 [71] David John Rowland: Royal Air Force Reserve: 8 May 2024 [71] N. M ...
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force (RAF). [1] In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff (CAS), who were promoted to it on their last day of service. While surviving Marshals of the RAF retain the rank ...
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]
Meritorious Service Medal (United States) Air Marshal Harvey Smyth, CB, OBE, DFC is a senior Northern Irish Royal Air Force officer, who has been the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) since March 2024. Previously, he served as Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group (2018–2020) and Air and Space Commander (2022 ...
Estonian Defence Forces. Retrieved 26 May 2021. ^ "Les grades" (PDF). defense.gouv.fr (in French). Ministry of Armed Forces (France). Retrieved 4 June 2021. ^ "Sotilasarvot Puolustusvoimissa" [Military ranks in the Defense Forces]. puolustusvoimat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Defence Forces. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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.