Air commodore-in-chief
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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 royal family have been appointed to such positions in the United Kingdom and the other realms such as Australia, Canada and New Zealand. As of 2020[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., these appointments have been given to just six senior members of the royal family, of whom four were reigning or future monarchs of the Commonwealth realms.
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.
Air commodores-in-chief
Prince Edward, Prince of Wales
Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and then Duke of Windsor), held the following appointments:
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- Template:Flagicon 1932 –1936 : Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Auxiliary Air Force[1]
King George VI
Template:See King George VI held the following appointments:
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- Template:Flagicon 1936 – 1952: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Auxiliary Air Force (The Royal Auxiliary Air Force from 1947)[2][3]
- File:Ensign of the Air Training Corps.svg 1941 – 1952: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Training Corps[3][4]
- Template:Flagicon 1947 – 1952: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Regiment[5]
- File:Ensign of the Royal Observer Corps (1952-1995).png 1950 – 1952: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Observer Corps[6]
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Queen Elizabeth II
Template:See Queen Elizabeth II held the following appointments:
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- Template:Flagicon 1954 – 2022 : Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Australian Citizen Air Force[7]
- Template:Flagicon Canada
- Template:Flagicon 1953 – 1968: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Air Force Auxiliary[8]
- Template:Flagicon New Zealand
- Template:Flagicon 1953 – 2022: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Territorial Air Force of New Zealand[9]
- Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon 1953 – 2022: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force[10]
- Template:Flagicon 1953 – 2022: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force Regiment[10]
- File:Ensign of the Royal Observer Corps (1952-1995).png 1953 – 1996: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Observer Corps[10]
Prince Philip
Template:See Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, held the following appointments:
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- Template:Flagicon / Template:Flagicon 1953 – 2021: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets[8]
- Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
- File:Ensign of the Air Training Corps.svg 1953 – 2015: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Air Training Corps
King Charles III
Template:See King Charles III, held the following appointments:
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- Template:Flagicon 1977 –2015: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal New Zealand Air Force[11][12]
- Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
- Template:Flagicon 2022 –present: Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Air Force[13]
References
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