air vice-marshal
Americannoun
noun
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a senior Royal Air Force officer of equivalent rank to a rear admiral in the Royal Navy
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a Royal Australian Air Force officer of the second highest rank
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a Royal New Zealand Air Force officer of the highest rank
Etymology
Origin of air vice-marshal
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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As a navigator for the RAF, he flew for 30 years, ending up as an air vice-marshal, running the UK's Joint Helicopter Command.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025
Australian strategist and retired air vice-marshal John Blackburn told the Australian newspaper that "we would have major problems within two weeks" if there were a major disruption to global oil supplies.
From BBC • May 7, 2018
He became a protege of goateed General Nguyen Khanh, who promoted Air Commodore Ky to the Anglicized altitude of air vice-marshal.
From Time Magazine Archive
The curate behind the ribbons at St. John the Baptist's is the Rev. Narbrough Hughes D'Aeth, 58, and three years ago he was an R.A.F. air vice-marshal, with a C.B.
From Time Magazine Archive
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