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After the demobilisation, the strength of the RAF was one tenth of what it was at the Armistice [15] 1927 33,009 [note 1] Down from 35,300 in 1926 [6] 1929 28,638 3,338 officers, 25,300 other ranks [16] January 1934 30,381 3,334 officers, 25,170 other ranks, 1,877 apprentices and cadets [17] May 1936 32,456 Increase during the expansion period [18]
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).
Clare Samantha Walton. Director General, Defence Medical Services. RAF Medical Services. CB, KHP. 3 July 2023. [9] Paul Harron Lloyd. Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Command. Air Member for Personnel, Air Force Board.
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]
The Royal Air Force Regiment (RAF Regiment) is part of the Royal Air Force and functions as a specialist corps. Founded by Royal Warrant in 1942, the Corps carries out basic security tasks relating to the [protection of] delivery of air power. Examples of such tasks are non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO), recovery of downed aircrew (joint ...
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]
In 1933, the ranks of Sergeant Major 1st Class and Sergeant Major 2nd Class were renamed Warrant Officer Class I and Warrant Officer Class II to put them in line with the Army. In 1939, the rank of Warrant Officer II was abolished and the rank of Warrant Officer I was renamed Warrant Officer . [ 4 ]
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Hugh Trenchard. 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.