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The rank structure of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has been inherited from the Royal Air Force (RAF). The RAF based its officer ranks on the Royal Navy, and its airmen ranks on the British Army. Unlike the RAF, RAAF rank abbreviations are always written in uppercase without spaces (e.g. Pilot Officer is written as PLTOFF, not Plt Off).
The Australian Defence Force's (ADF) ranks of officers and enlisted personnel in each of its three service branches of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the Australian Army, and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) inherited their rank structures from their British counterparts. The insignia used to identify these ranks are also generally ...
The badge is composed of the St Edward's Crown mounted on a circle featuring the words Royal Australian Air Force, beneath which scroll work displays the Latin motto Per Ardua Ad Astra, which it shares with the Royal Air Force. Surmounting the badge is a wedge-tailed eagle.
Royal Australian Air Force [1. Marshal of the RAAF: Air chief marshal: Air marshal: Air vice-marshal: ... Comparative air force enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth;
Air chief marshal (abbreviated as ACM) is the highest active rank of the Royal Australian Air Force and was created as a direct equivalent of the British Royal Air Force rank of air chief marshal. It is also considered a four-star rank. The only time the rank is held is when the Chief of the Defence Force is an Air Force officer.
Royal Australian Air Force [1] [2. Warrant Officer of the Air Force: Warrant officer: Flight sergeant: ... Comparative air force officer ranks of the Commonwealth;
Air vice-marshal is a higher rank than air commodore and is a lower rank than air marshal. Air vice-marshal is a direct equivalent of rear admiral in the Royal Australian Navy and major general in the Australian Army. The insignia is one light blue band (on a slightly wider black band) over a light blue band on a black broad band. The ...
The rank was created as a direct equivalent of the British Royal Air Force rank of Marshal of the Royal Air Force. [1] It is considered a five-star rank. It has been awarded only three times, each time as an honorary rank to a senior member of the Royal Family. On 2 June 1938, King George VI assumed