Air Commodore-in-Chief
Air Commodore-in-Chief is a senior honorary air force appointment which originated in the Royal Air Force and now exists in the air forces of various Commonwealth realms. Appointees are made Air Commodore-in-Chief of a large air force organisation or formation. Initially only the British monarch held air commodore-in-chief appointments. However, since the second half of the 20th century, other members of the Commonwealth realms' shared Royal Family have been appointed to such positions.
Air commodore-in-chief appointments do not confer a rank, be it air commodore or otherwise. Air commodore-in-chief appointments are more senior than honorary air commodore appointments. The equivalent naval title of Commodore-in-Chief was introduced in 2006.
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Air commodores-in-chief [edit]
Prince Edward, Prince of Wales [edit]
Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor), held the following appointments:
United Kingdom
1932 –1936 : Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Auxiliary Air Force[1]
King George VI [edit]
King George VI held the following appointments:
- United Kingdom
1941 – 1952: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Training Corps[2][3]- 1947 – 1952: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Regiment[4]
1950 – 1952: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Observer Corps[5]- – 1952: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force[2]
Queen Elizabeth II [edit]
Queen Elizabeth II held or holds the following appointments:
Australia
1954 – : Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Australian Citizen Air Force[6]
Canada
1953 – 1968: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Air Force Auxiliary[7]
New Zealand
1953 –: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Territorial Air Force of New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- 1952 –: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force[8]
- 1953 –: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Regiment
- 1953 – 1996: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Observer Corps
Prince Philip [edit]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, holds the following appointments:
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Canada
- /
1953 –: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets[7]
- United Kingdom
- 1953 –: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Training Corps
Prince Charles [edit]
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, holds the following appointments:
- Canada
- 1977 –: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Reserve Group of Air Command (since 2011 the Royal Canadian Air Force Air Reserve)
- New Zealand
- 1977 –: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Air Force[9]
References [edit]
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33831. p. 3582. 31 May 1932. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ a b http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1950/1950%20-%201255.html
- ^ http://www.aircadets.org/acohist.html
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 38077. p. 4469. 19 September 1947. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ The London Gazette: no. 40140. p. 2051. 11 April 1950. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ The London Gazette: no. 40140. p. 2051. 6 April 1954. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
- ^ a b The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39864. p. 2995. 26 May 1953. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1957/1957%20-%200419.html
- ^ http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/atwork/supportingthequeen/specialrelationshipsandregiments/
