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title="Aircraftman">aviator</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar" style="padding:0 2px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Military_ranks" title="Template:Military ranks"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Military_ranks" title="Template talk:Military ranks"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Military_ranks" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Military ranks"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Flight lieutenant</b> (<b>Flt Lt</b> or <b>F/L</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Junior_officer" title="Junior officer">junior officer</a> rank used by some air forces, with origins from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rank originated in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a> (RNAS) in 1914. It fell into abeyance when the RNAS merged with the Royal Flying Corps during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> but was revived in 1919 in the post-war RAF. The rank is used by air forces of many <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">countries that have historical British influence</a>. </p><p>Flight lieutenant is immediately senior to <a href="/wiki/Flying_officer" title="Flying officer">flying officer</a> and immediately below <a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">squadron leader</a>. It is usually equivalent to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">lieutenant</a> in the navy and of the rank of <a href="/wiki/Captain_(armed_forces)" title="Captain (armed forces)">captain</a> in other services. </p><p>The equivalent rank in the former <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Auxiliary_Air_Force" title="Women's Auxiliary Air Force">Women's Auxiliary Air Force</a> (WAAF), <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Air_Force" title="Women's Royal Air Force">Women's Royal Air Force</a> (WRAF) and <a href="/wiki/Princess_Mary%27s_Royal_Air_Force_Nursing_Service" title="Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service">Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service</a> (PMRAFNS) (until 1980) was <a href="/wiki/Flight_officer" title="Flight officer">flight officer</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canada">Canada</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_lieutenant&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces_ranks_and_insignia" title="Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia">Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia</a></div> <p>The rank was used in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian Air Force">Royal Canadian Air Force</a> from 1920 until the 1968 <a href="/wiki/Unification_of_the_Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Unification of the Canadian Armed Forces">unification of the Canadian Forces</a>, when army-type rank titles were adopted. Canadian flight lieutenants then became <a href="/wiki/Captain_(armed_forces)" title="Captain (armed forces)">captains</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In official <a href="/wiki/Canadian_French" title="Canadian French">Canadian French</a> usage, the rank title was <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">capitaine d'aviation</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_lieutenant&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/RAF_officer_ranks" title="RAF officer ranks">RAF officer ranks</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Flight lieutenant<br /></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_RAF_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/50px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/75px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/100px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="153" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Shoulder and sleeve insignia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Service branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">Flt Lt / <span style="font-size:85%;">FLTLT</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> <a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">rank code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO_armies_officers#Officers_(OF_1–10)" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO armies officers">OF-2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">August 1919<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1919-08</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next higher rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">Squadron leader</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Next lower rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Flying_officer" title="Flying officer">Flying officer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Equivalent ranks</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">Army</a>; <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Marines</a>)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant (Royal Navy)">Lieutenant</a> (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Navy</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_lieutenant&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RNAS_Flt_Lt.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/RNAS_Flt_Lt.png/100px-RNAS_Flt_Lt.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/RNAS_Flt_Lt.png/150px-RNAS_Flt_Lt.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/RNAS_Flt_Lt.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="332" /></a><figcaption>The rank insignia of a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a> flight lieutenant</figcaption></figure> <p>The rank originated in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> as a rank title for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(Royal_Navy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant (Royal Navy)">naval lieutenants</a> serving in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a> (RNAS).<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Promotions to the rank were first gazetted on 30 June 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It fell into abeyance when the RNAS merged with the Royal Flying Corps during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> but was revived in 1919 in the post-war RAF.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 April 1918, the newly created <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> adopted its officer rank titles from the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Service" title="Royal Naval Air Service">Royal Naval Air Service</a> lieutenants (titled as flight lieutenants and flight commanders) and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Flying_Corps" title="Royal Flying Corps">Royal Flying Corps</a> captains becoming captains in the RAF. In response to the proposal that the RAF should use its own rank titles, it was suggested that the RAF might use the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ranks_of_the_Royal_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranks of the Royal Navy">officer ranks</a>, with the word "air" inserted before the naval rank title. For example, the current rank of flight lieutenant would have been "air lieutenant". Although the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> objected to this simple modification of their rank titles, it was agreed that the RAF might base many of its officer rank titles on navy officer ranks with differing pre-modifying terms. It was also suggested that RAF captains might be entitled flight-leaders. However, the rank title flight lieutenant was chosen as <a href="/wiki/Flight_(military_unit)" title="Flight (military unit)">flights</a> were typically commanded by RAF captains and the term flight lieutenant had been used in the Royal Naval Air Service. The RAF rank of flight lieutenant was introduced in August 1919<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it has been used continuously since then. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Usage_in_the_RAF">Usage in the RAF</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_lieutenant&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Usage in the RAF"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although in the early years of the RAF a flight lieutenant commanded an aircraft flight, with the increasing combat power of aircraft and therefore squadrons, command and control has shifted up the rank structure (currently, for instance, most squadron commanders in the RAF are <a href="/wiki/Wing_commander_(rank)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing commander (rank)">Wing Commanders</a>, a reflection on the comparative combat power between the modern air force and its predecessor). </p><p>The RAF's promotion system is automatic up until flight lieutenant. Every officer will attain the rank provided they complete their professional training and do not leave early. For aircrew, flight lieutenant is reached 2.5 years after commissioning, Engineering Branch (AS & CE) entrants with applicable bachelor's/master's degrees reach flight lieutenant at 2.5 and 1.5 years respectively, and for all other ground branch officers, 3.5 years. Aircrew are appointed to an Early Departure Payment Commission upon reaching their <a href="/wiki/Operational_Conversion_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Operational Conversion Unit">Operational Conversion Unit</a>, which is a commission for 20 years or age 40, whichever is later. Promotion to <a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">squadron leader</a> thereafter is strictly upon merit; officers promoted beyond flight lieutenant are appointed to a career commission, or service to age 60. Resigning a commission is generally dependent on the needs of the service, although an officer who has completed their return of service (service the RAF requires to justify its expense in originally training the officer) could leave after as little as four years. For aircrew, given the large expense required for training, this return of service is generally the length of their initial commission anyway, unless they re-role to a different branch having failed an element of flying training. Most aircrew reach their squadrons as flight lieutenants due to the length of training time required (up to four years for fast jet pilots) and the significant holds in the training pipeline.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of squadron line pilots are flight lieutenants, with some squadron executives or Career Commission aircrew reaching Squadron Leader. </p><p>Aside from aircrew, whose work typically does not require active leadership for units of airmen, ground branch officers can expect to operate units that can range in size from a few specialist non-commissioned personnel to 50 or more personnel for engineering or other manpower intensive roles. The role of a flight lieutenant generally involves management of a team of specialist non-commissioned officers and airmen, within their specific branch. In the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Regiment" title="RAF Regiment">RAF Regiment</a>, a flight lieutenant generally has the same role and responsibility as a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">captain</a> in the British Army, in charge of a regiment flight of 30 men, and could be second-in-command of a squadron of up to 120 men. </p><p>Flight lieutenant is the most common officer rank in the RAF; in April 2013, for example, there were 8,230 RAF officers, of whom 3,890 (47.3%) were flight lieutenants.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In RAF informal usage, a flight lieutenant is sometimes referred to as a "flight lieuy". A Flight Lieutenant's starting salary is £42,008.48 as of 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="RAF_Air_Cadets">RAF Air Cadets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_lieutenant&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: RAF Air Cadets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Corps" title="Air Training Corps">Air Training Corps</a>, a flight lieutenant is usually the officer commanding of a <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(aviation)" title="Squadron (aviation)">squadron</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> appointed under a Cadet Forces Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Retired flight lieutenants are the first rank that may continue to use their rank after they have left active service.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Insignia">Insignia</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_lieutenant&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rank insignia consists of two narrow blue bands on slightly wider black bands. This is worn on both the lower sleeves of the tunic or on the shoulders of the <a href="/wiki/Flight_suit" title="Flight suit">flight suit</a> or the casual uniform. The rank insignia on the mess uniform is similar to the naval pattern, being two band of gold running around each cuff but without the Royal Navy's loop. Unlike senior RAF officers, flight lieutenants are not entitled to fly a <a href="/wiki/Squadron_Leader#Insignia_and_command_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Squadron Leader">command flag</a> under any circumstances. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK-Air-OF2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="An RAF flight lieutenant's sleeve/shoulder insignia"><img alt="An RAF flight lieutenant's sleeve/shoulder insignia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/UK-Air-OF2.svg/65px-UK-Air-OF2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="65" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/UK-Air-OF2.svg/97px-UK-Air-OF2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/UK-Air-OF2.svg/129px-UK-Air-OF2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1850" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">An RAF flight lieutenant's sleeve/shoulder insignia</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_RAF_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(Royal Australian Air Force)[12]"><img alt="(Royal Australian Air Force)[12]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/47px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/70px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/94px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="153" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Australia_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Australia-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_RAF_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(Bangladesh Air Force)[13]"><img alt="(Bangladesh Air Force)[13]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/47px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/70px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/94px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="153" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Air_Force" title="Bangladesh Air Force">Bangladesh Air Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:09.Ghana_Air_Force-CPT.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(Ghana Air Force)[14]"><img alt="(Ghana Air Force)[14]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/09.Ghana_Air_Force-CPT.svg/49px-09.Ghana_Air_Force-CPT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="49" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/09.Ghana_Air_Force-CPT.svg/74px-09.Ghana_Air_Force-CPT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/09.Ghana_Air_Force-CPT.svg/99px-09.Ghana_Air_Force-CPT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="613" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Ghana_Air_Force" title="Ghana Air Force">Ghana Air Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Ghana_AirForce_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ghana_AirForce-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_IAF_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(Indian Air Force)[15]"><img alt="(Indian Air Force)[15]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Indian_IAF_OF-2.svg/65px-Indian_IAF_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="65" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Indian_IAF_OF-2.svg/97px-Indian_IAF_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Indian_IAF_OF-2.svg/129px-Indian_IAF_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="740" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:09-Namibia_Air_Force-FLTLT.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(Namibian Air Force)[16]"><img alt="(Namibian Air Force)[16]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/09-Namibia_Air_Force-FLTLT.svg/59px-09-Namibia_Air_Force-FLTLT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="59" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/09-Namibia_Air_Force-FLTLT.svg/89px-09-Namibia_Air_Force-FLTLT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/09-Namibia_Air_Force-FLTLT.svg/119px-09-Namibia_Air_Force-FLTLT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="401" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Namibian_Air_Force" title="Namibian Air Force">Namibian Air Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Namibia_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Namibia-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nigeria-AirForce-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(Nigerian Air Force)[17]"><img alt="(Nigerian Air Force)[17]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Nigeria-AirForce-OF-2.svg/52px-Nigeria-AirForce-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="52" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Nigeria-AirForce-OF-2.svg/78px-Nigeria-AirForce-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Nigeria-AirForce-OF-2.svg/104px-Nigeria-AirForce-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="254" data-file-height="587" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force" title="Nigerian Air Force">Nigerian Air Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Nigeria_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nigeria-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pak-air-force-OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(Pakistan Air Force)"><img alt="(Pakistan Air Force)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Pak-air-force-OF-2.svg/65px-Pak-air-force-OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="65" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Pak-air-force-OF-2.svg/98px-Pak-air-force-OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Pak-air-force-OF-2.svg/131px-Pak-air-force-OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="301" data-file-height="550" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a>)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_RAF_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(Sri Lanka Air Force)[18]"><img alt="(Sri Lanka Air Force)[18]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/47px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/70px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/94px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="153" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Air_Force" title="Sri Lanka Air Force">Sri Lanka Air Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_RAF_OF-2.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="(Royal Air Force)[19]"><img alt="(Royal Air Force)[19]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/47px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="47" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/70px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/British_RAF_OF-2.svg/94px-British_RAF_OF-2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="153" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-UK_AirForce_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UK_AirForce-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:TaT-Air_Guard-OF-2.png" class="mw-file-description" title="(Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard)[20]"><img alt="(Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard)[20]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/TaT-Air_Guard-OF-2.png/75px-TaT-Air_Guard-OF-2.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/TaT-Air_Guard-OF-2.png/112px-TaT-Air_Guard-OF-2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/TaT-Air_Guard-OF-2.png/149px-TaT-Air_Guard-OF-2.png 2x" data-file-width="374" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">(<a href="/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Air_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard">Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-Trinidad&Tobago_Officer_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trinidad&Tobago_Officer-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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promoted to <a href="/wiki/Squadron_leader" title="Squadron leader">squadron leader</a> in 2016</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Strachan" title="Billy Strachan">Billy Strachan</a> - pioneer of black civil rights in Britain, survived 33 missions during WWII when average life expectancy was 7 missions</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexander_of_Yugoslavia_(1924%E2%80%932016)" title="Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924–2016)">Alexander, Prince of Yugoslavia</a> – member of Yugoslavian royal family</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Bouey" title="Gerald Bouey">Gerald Bouey</a> – former governor of the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Canada" title="Bank of Canada">Bank of Canada</a></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke" title="Arthur C. Clarke">Arthur C. Clarke</a> – British author and inventor</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lee" title="Christopher Lee">Christopher Lee</a> – British actor, served in RAF Intelligence during World War II</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Catherine,_Duchess_of_Cambridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge">Peter Francis Middleton</a> – grandfather of <a href="/wiki/Catherine,_Princess_of_Wales" title="Catherine, Princess of Wales">Catherine, Princess of Wales</a> and co-pilot of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh" title="Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh">Prince Philip</a></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Moore" title="Patrick Moore">Patrick Moore</a> – British astronomer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Pleasence" title="Donald Pleasence">Donald Pleasence</a> – British actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matiur_Rahman_(military_pilot)" title="Matiur Rahman (military pilot)">Matiur Rahman</a> –  <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Air_Force" title="Bangladesh Air 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href="/wiki/John_Nichol_(RAF_officer)" title="John Nichol (RAF officer)">John Nichol</a> – Former RAF Navigator, Gulf War prisoner of war and motivational speaker.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Winton" title="Nicholas Winton">Sir Nicholas George Winton</a> - contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Kindertransport" title="Kindertransport">Kindertransport</a> humanitarian rescue.\</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William,_Prince_of_Wales" title="William, Prince of Wales">William, Prince of Wales</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flight_lieutenant&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and 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