Air commodore
an air force officer of a rank comparable to an army brigadier general.
contemporary examples
air commodore houston was responding to results from the australian ship ocean shield.
if they are ever found, flight 370’s black boxes should go to the u.s. clive irving april 7, 2014
noun
a senior officer of the royal air force and certain other air forces, of equivalent rank to brigadier in the army
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