Editing Royal Australian Air Force (section)

=== Ranks ===
{{Main|Ranks of the Royal Australian Air Force}}

The rank structure of the nascent RAAF was established to ensure that the service remained separate from the Army and Navy.<ref>Grey 2008, p. 132.</ref> The service's predecessors, the AFC and the AAC, had used the Army's rank structure. In November 1920 it was decided by the Air Board that the RAAF would adopt the structure adopted by the RAF the previous year.<ref name="mhhv">{{cite web |url=http://mhhv.org.au/?p=1539 |title=The Australian Air Corps |publisher=Military History and Heritage Victoria |access-date=7 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011020749/http://mhhv.org.au/?p=1539 |archive-date=11 October 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, the RAAF's rank structure came to be: Aircraftman, Leading Aircraftman, Corporal, Sergeant, Flight Sergeant, Warrant Officer, Officer Cadet, Pilot Officer, Flying Officer, Flight Lieutenant, Squadron Leader, Wing Commander, Group Captain, Air Commodore, Air Vice-Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Chief Marshal, and Marshal of the RAAF.<ref name=ranks/>

==== Officer insignia ====
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#f7f8ff; text-align:center; padding:5px;"
|-bgcolor=#CCCCCC
!colspan=1|Rank Grouping
|colspan=5|General/Flag Officers
|colspan=3|Field/Senior Officers
|colspan=3|Junior Officers
|colspan=1|Officer Cadet
|-
!Width=12%|[[NATO|NATO Code]]
|Width=7%|OF-10
|Width=7%|OF-9
|Width=7%|OF-8
|Width=7%|OF-7
|Width=7%|OF-6
|Width=8%|OF-5
|Width=8%|OF-4
|Width=8%|OF-3
|Width=8%|OF-2
|Width=14% colspan=2|OF-1
|Width=14% colspan=2|[[Officer candidate|OF(D)]]
|-
!{{flagdeco|Australia|variant=air force}} [[Australia]] ''Officer rank insignia''
|[[File:RAAF O11(OF10) MRAAF rank ins.svg|80px]]
|[[File:RAAF O10(OF9) ACM rank ins.svg|80px]]
|[[File:RAAF O9 (OF8) AIRMSHL rank ins.svg|80px]]
|[[File:RAAF O8(OF7) AVM rank ins.svg|80px]]
|[[File:RAAF O7 (OF6) AIRCDRE rank ins.svg|80px]]
|[[File:RAAF O6 (OF5) GPCAPT rank ins.svg|80px]]
|[[File:RAAF O5 (OF4) WGCDR rank ins.svg|80px]]
|[[File:RAAF O4 (OF3) SQNLDR rank ins.svg|80px]]
|[[File:RAAF O3 (OF2) FLTLT rank ins.svg|80px]]
|Width=7%|[[File:RAAF O2 (OF1) FLGOFF rank ins.svg|80px]]
|Width=7%|[[File:RAAF O1 (OF1) PLTOFF rank ins.svg|80px]]
|Width=7%|[[File:RAAF CADET (OF(D)) OFFCDT rank ins.svg|80px]]
|-
!Rank Title:
|[[Marshal of the RAAF]]
|[[Air Chief Marshal (Australia)|Air Chief Marshal]]
|[[Air Marshal (Australia)|Air Marshal]]
|[[Air Vice Marshal (Australia)|Air Vice-Marshal]]
|[[Air Commodore (Australia)|Air Commodore]]
|[[Group Captain#Australia|Group Captain]]
|[[Wing Commander#Australia|Wing Commander]]
|[[Squadron Leader#Australia|Squadron Leader]]
|[[Flight Lieutenant#Australia|Flight Lieutenant]]
|[[Flying Officer#Australia|Flying Officer]]
|[[Pilot Officer#United Kingdom and Commonwealth|Pilot Officer]]
|[[Officer Cadet#United Kingdom|Officer Cadet]]
|-
!Abbreviation:
|MRAAF
|ACM
|AIRMSHL
|AVM
|AIRCDRE
|GPCAPT
|WGCDR
|SQNLDR
|FLTLT
|FLGOFF
|PLTOFF
|OFFCDT
|}

==== Other ranks insignia ====
{| style="border:1px solid #8888aa; background:#f7f8ff; text-align:center; padding:5px;"
|-bgcolor=#CCCCCC
!colspan=1|Rank Group
| colspan="2"  width="22%" |Warrant Officer
| colspan="2" width="22%" |Senior Non-Commissioned Officer
|colspan="1" | Junior Non-Commissioned Officer
|colspan="3" |Other ranks
|-
!Width=10%|[[NATO|NATO Code]]
| colspan="2" |OR-9
| colspan="1" |OR-8
|OR-6
|Width=15%|OR-5
|Width=9%|OR-3
|Width=9%|OR-2
|Width=9%|OR-1
|-
!{{flagdeco|Australia|variant=air force}} [[Australia]] ''Other Ranks Insignia''
|[[File:RAAF E9 (OR9) WOFF-AF rank ins.svg|179x179px]]
|[[File:RAAF E9 (OR9) WOFF rank ins 01.svg|179x179px]]
|[[File:RAAF E 8(OR8) FSGT rank ins.svg|179x179px]]
| width="9%" |[[File:RAAF E 6(OR6) SGT rank ins.svg|179x179px]]
|[[File:RAAF E 5(OR5) CPL rank ins.svg |179x179px]]
|[[File:RAAF E 3(OR3) LAC rank ins.svg |179x179px]]
|[[File:RAAF E 2(OR2) AC rank ins.svg|179x179px]]
| width="9%" |''No insignia''{{hr|4}}
|-
!Rank Title:
|[[Warrant Officer of the Air Force]]
|colspan=1|[[Warrant Officer#Australia|Warrant Officer]]
|colspan=1|[[Flight Sergeant#Australia|Flight Sergeant]]
|[[Sergeant]]
|[[Corporal]]
|[[Leading Aircraftman|Leading Aircraftman/<br />Aircraftwoman]]
|colspan=1|[[Aircraftman|Aircraftman/<br />Aircraftwoman]]
|[[Military recruitment|Recruit]]
|-
!Abbreviation:
|colspan=1|WOFF-AF
|colspan=1|WOFF
|colspan=1|FSGT
|SGT
|CPL
|LAC/LACW
|colspan=1|AC/ACW
|ACR/ACWR
|}