What I have to be a airforce commodore.
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Explanation:
Service branch
Air forces
Abbreviation
Air Cdre / AIRCDRE
Rank
One-star
NATO rank
OF-6
Non-NATO rank
O-7
Formation
1 August 1919 (RAF)
Next higher rank
Air vice-marshal
Next lower rank
Group captain
Equivalent ranks
Brigadier (British Army; Royal Marines)
Commodore (RN)
Brigadier General (Canadian Armed Forces)
Brigadier general (US Armed Forces)
Air commodore is a one-star rank and the most junior air officer rank, being immediately senior to group captain and immediately subordinate to air vice-marshal. It has a NATO ranking code of OF-6 and is equivalent to a commodore in the Royal Navy or a brigadier in the British Army or the Royal Marines. Unlike these two ranks, however, it has always been a substantive rank. Additionally, air commodores have always been considered to be air officers whilst Royal Navy commodores have not since the Napoleonic Wars been classified as officers of flag rank, and British Army brigadiers have not been considered to be general officers since 1922 when they ceased to be titled as brigadier-generals. In other NATO forces, such as the United States Armed Forces and the Canadian Armed Forces, the equivalent one-star rank is brigadier general.
The equivalent rank in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Women's Royal Air Force (until 1968) and Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (until 1980) was "air commandant".