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RAF Ranks
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Can someone tell me all the ranks, i.e. Officer, Sgt for the RAF from the lowest to the highest, please.
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Starting at the bottom, you have Air Craftsman grade 2 (AC2), AC1, Leading Air Craftsman, Corporal, Sergeant, Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer, then the commissioned officers listed in the above link.
It's over 60 years since I was in the RAF so things could have changed since then or I could have forgotten and left a rank out. However, the above will give you something to go on.
It's over 60 years since I was in the RAF so things could have changed since then or I could have forgotten and left a rank out. However, the above will give you something to go on.
The lower half of the list...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_other_ranks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_other_ranks
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Although I've been out for 40 years i believe the offficer ranks have not changed since their inception. Non-commissioned ranks have altered over the years. When I joined in 1968 they were: AC, LAC, SAC, CPL, SGT, FLT SGT and WO. Between SAC and CPL you had JT(Junior tech, certain trades only) and between SGT and FLT SGT CHIEF TECH, but I believe the technician ranks have been phased out.
There was also at that time, when the school-leaving age was 15, the rank of AA (admin apprentice) commonly called brats.
There was also at that time, when the school-leaving age was 15, the rank of AA (admin apprentice) commonly called brats.
My trade was clerk accounting, the top of the tree. Both officers and NCOs used to curry favour with me because a) I was good at my job and fiddling the system so people could get paid earlier than they were entitled to, and b) if they ever upset me, I could seriously f*ck up their finances, which would take weeks to sort out. I have lost count of the number of times I arranged for a hard-up cook to get paid a day early on the spurious grounds that he was on stand down at the official pay parade. My superiors never suspected a thing. The free steaks from the mess were, of course,a welcome thank you gift. Not bad for a humble SAC, eh?
In NATO rank code (which can be translated across to almost any other armed force in the world) bottom to top:
OR-1 Aircraftman
OR-2 Leading Aircraftman, Senior Aircraftman, Senior Aircraftman (Tech.)
(note: Leading is junior to Senior)
OR-4 Corporal
OR-6 Sergeant, Sergeant Aircrew
OR-7 Flight Sergeant, Flight Sergeant Aircrew, Chief Technician
OR-9 Warrant Officer, Master Aircrew
(The RAF does not have equivalent to OR-3 or OR-8, HM Armed Forces does not have equivalent to OR-5.)
OF(D) Officer Designate
OF-1 Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
(note: Pilot is junior to Flying)
OF-2 Flight Lieutenant
OF-3 Squadron Leader
OF-4 Wing Commander
OF-5 Group Captain
OF-6 Air Commodore
OF-7 Air Vice Marshall
OF-8 Air Marshall
OF-9 Air Chief Marshall
OF-10 Marshall of the RAF
(OF-10 is a war time rank only, as required.)
OR-1 Aircraftman
OR-2 Leading Aircraftman, Senior Aircraftman, Senior Aircraftman (Tech.)
(note: Leading is junior to Senior)
OR-4 Corporal
OR-6 Sergeant, Sergeant Aircrew
OR-7 Flight Sergeant, Flight Sergeant Aircrew, Chief Technician
OR-9 Warrant Officer, Master Aircrew
(The RAF does not have equivalent to OR-3 or OR-8, HM Armed Forces does not have equivalent to OR-5.)
OF(D) Officer Designate
OF-1 Pilot Officer, Flying Officer
(note: Pilot is junior to Flying)
OF-2 Flight Lieutenant
OF-3 Squadron Leader
OF-4 Wing Commander
OF-5 Group Captain
OF-6 Air Commodore
OF-7 Air Vice Marshall
OF-8 Air Marshall
OF-9 Air Chief Marshall
OF-10 Marshall of the RAF
(OF-10 is a war time rank only, as required.)
