group captain
Air force rank
Group captain is a rank in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces, equivalent to colonel in the army or captain in the navy.
The rank sits between wing commander and air commodore.
The group captain addressed the squadron before the mission.
RAF officer grade
- squadron leaderAir force unit commander
- colonelSenior military officer
- commissionedFormally assigned a task
- officerAuthority figure in uniform
insignia · promotion · RAF · military · senior officer · equivalent · commander · major
One who steers aircraft
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
- cockpitPilot's control compartment
flight · navigation · airspace · radar · avionics · sortie · mission · aerodrome
Military aviation unit
- wingLimb enabling flight
- station commanderHead of a facility
- airbaseMilitary aviation facility
- personnelWorkers at an organization
leadership · authority · operations · mission · sortie · aircrew · oversight · administration
wing commander
RAF officer grade
- squadron leaderAir force unit commander
- colonelSenior military officer
- commissionedFormally assigned a task
officer · insignia · promotion · RAF · military · senior officer · equivalent · commander · major · lieutenant colonel
pilot
One who steers aircraft
- aircraftAirborne transportation vehicle
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- bomberExplosive-delivery aircraft or saboteur
cockpit · flight · navigation · airspace · radar · avionics · sortie · mission · aerodrome · hangar
squadron
Military aviation unit
- wingLimb enabling flight
- station commanderHead of a facility
- airbaseMilitary aviation facility
personnel · leadership · authority · operations · mission · sortie · aircrew · oversight · administration · coordination
- commanderscommander in chief, commanding general, general, admiral, commodore
- leadership rankscommander, general, admiral, colonel, major
- military ranksgeneral, major, sergeant, private, officer
- RAFRAF, Spitfire, Hurricane, Lancaster, Battle of Britain
- Air Forceflying officer, squadron leader, wing commander, air marshal, F-15
- Air Force Ranksairman, staff sergeant, master sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant
group captaincivilian
Non-military person
private citizen · non-combatant · civil servant · conscientious objector
group, captain, groups, grouped, grouping, groupings, captains, captaincy, captaincies