* Air Commodore, a rank in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces

* Air Commodore

* Air Commodore Richard Lacey ( 2004 )

* Air Commodore Gordon Moulds ( 2008 )

The governor also traditionally serves as Honorary and Regimental Colonel in the Royal New South Wales Regiment and as Honorary Air Commodore of No. 22 ( City of Sydney ) Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force.

* Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Coningsby

* Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, OM, KBE inventor of the jet engine

However, at a SHAEF press conference on 16 February 1945, two days after the Bombing of Dresden, British Air Commodore Colin McKay Grierson replied to a question by one of the journalists that the primary target of the bombing had been on communications to prevent the Germans from moving military supplies and to stop movement in all directions if possible.

On 22 January, the RAF director of bomber operations, Air Commodore Sydney Bufton, sent a memo to the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sir Norman Bottomley, suggesting that what appeared to be a coordinated air attack by the RAF to aid the current Soviet offensive would have a detrimental effect on German morale.

* Air Commodore Ferdinand Maurice Felix West, Royal Air Force officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross

* Air Commodore ( since 27 April 2005 )

* Honorary Air Commodore Royal Air Force Wittering

* Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Lyneham

* Honorary Air Commodore of the University of London Air Squadron

* Honorary Air Commodore, Royal Air Force Lossiemouth.

On 25 August 1942, he took over from Air Commodore Frank Lukis as Air Officer Commanding ( AOC ) North-Eastern Area in Townsville, Queensland.

A Pakistan Air Force T-33 trainer was hijacked on August 20, 1971 before Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 in Karachi when a Bengali instructor pilot, Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman, knocked out the young Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas with the intention of defecting to India with the plane and national secrets.

* 1925 – Anthony Mason, Australian judge and Air Force Officer, Chief Justice of Australia

Homer continued his military career as a member of the U. S. Air Force Reserve, initially as a C-141 instructor pilot with the 356th Airlift Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, then subsequently as an Academy Liaison Officer, recruiting potential candidates for both the Air Force Academy and the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps.

Mariner 1 ( designated Mariner R-1 ) was launched on July 22, 1962, but was destroyed approximately 5 minutes after liftoff by the Air Force Range Safety Officer when its malfunctioning Atlas-Agena rocket went off course.

* Wolfgang Martini ( 1891 – 1963 ), German Air Force Officer largely responsible for promoting early radar development

Air Force veterans are awarded the Purple Heart by the Awards Office of Randolph Air Force Base while the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard presents Purple Hearts to veterans through the Navy Liaison Officer at the National Personnel Records Center.

He was commissioned by Detachment 270 of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at KSU.

General Myers entered the Air Force in 1965 through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program.

On 26 July 2011, Myers was inducted into the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Distinguished Alumni in a ceremony at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, officiated by Lt. Gen. Allen G. Peck, Commander, Air University.

However, during the Vietnam War, the last conflict to produce U. S. fighter aces, the one USAF pilot, the two USAF navigators / weapon systems officers ( who were later retrained as USAF pilots ), the one USN Naval Aviator and the one USN Naval Flight Officer / radar intercept officer to achieve this distinction were eventually awarded the Air Force Cross and Navy Cross, respectively, in addition to Silver Stars previously awarded for earlier aerial kills.

* Assistant Warrant Officer, a rank in Pakistan Air Force above Senior Technician and below Warrant Officer

* Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer, the senior warrant officer of the Royal Air Force

* Chief Warrant Officer, the most senior Army and Air Force non-commissioned member ( NCM ) rank of the Canadian Forces

* Station Warrant Officer, the senior Warrant Officer on a British Royal Air Force station ( base )

Each cadet squadron and cadet group is supervised by a specially selected active duty officer called an Air Officer Commanding ( AOC ).

On about 18 April 1942, Walter Maiersperger, the Commanding Officer of 33 Bomb Squadron of the United States Army Air Force's 22nd Bomb Group, carried out an aerial reconnaissance flight over the Iron Range area.

General Cannon retired in 1954 as Commanding General, Tactical Air Command.

Among the many notable graduates of Lower Merion High School in Ardmore are General Henry H. " Hap " Arnold ( 1903 ), Commanding General of the U. S. Army Air Forces in WWII ; General Alexander M. Haig, Jr. ( 1942 ), the 59th United States Secretary of State ; James H. Billington ( 1946 ), the Librarian of Congress, and ; Kobe Bryant ( 1996 ), a professional NBA basketball player.

* Henry H. " Hap " Arnold, Commanding General of the United States Army Air Forces in all theaters throughout World War II, first United States Air Force five-star general ; born in Gladwyne and graduated from Lower Merion High School in Ardmore

In July 1923, Trenchard sent a memorandum to AOC ( Air Officer Commanding ) Central and AOC Coastal Areas advising them the strategic area offensive would be the dominating policy of future conflicts, and the Coastal services would take part in such operations.

Arthur " Bomber " Harris, Air Officer Commanding RAF Bomber Command, wrote of the raid that " Lübeck went up in flames " because " it was a city of moderate size of some importance as a port, and with some submarine building yards of moderate size not far from it.

* Air Officer Commanding, a title used to refer to air force officers holding certain command appointments

Early in September, while still in New York, he met with U. S. Army Air Forces Commanding General Henry H. Arnold on a runway at LaGuardia Airport.

Purportedly, the first person to read this poem later that same day was fellow Pilot Officer Michael Le Bas ( later Air Vice-Marshal M H Le Bas, Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group RAF ), with whom Magee had trained, in the officers ' mess.

After the War he attended the RAF Staff College, Bracknell and then became Officer Commanding No. 74 Squadron before taking command of the Air Fighting Development Squadron in 1949 and then taking over responsibility for Flying at the Central Flying Establishment in 1951.

He became Air Officer Commanding No. 19 ( Reconnaissance ) Group in 1967 and Air Officer Commander-in-Chief, Coastal Command in 1968.

Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps ( 1938 – 1941 ), Commanding General of the U. S. Army Air Forces during World War II, the only Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only person to hold a five-star rank in two different U. S. military services.

The Office of the Chief of Air Corps and the Air Forces Combat Command were abolished, and Arnold became AAF Commanding General and an ex officio member of both the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Combined Chiefs of Staff.

General Andrews organized and commanded the General Headquarters, Air Force ( 1935 – 1939 ), and at the time of his death on 3 May 1943 in the crash of a B-24 Liberator in Iceland, he was Commanding General, United States Forces, European Theater of Operations.

In 1937 Harris was promoted to Air Commodore and in 1938 he was posted to Palestine and Trans-Jordan as Air Officer Commanding the RAF contingent in the region until September 1939.