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group captain

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noun

  1. an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces

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“It’s a relief,” said Ray White, a group captain for volunteer fire brigades north of Sydney, where serious fires have been burning since July.

From New York Times

On another, we are herded by our group captains into doing a cutesy Superman pose.

From The Verge

On Hogan’s Heroes, he played the incompetent Crittendon, a Royal Air Force group captain referred to as the colonel.

From Time

Ellen Chiweshe, whose title was group captain, has been promoted to become the southern African country's first female Air Commodore, the No. 3 post in the air force.

From US News

“The person will not be allowed to march with any other club,” group captain Mike Inemer said in a statement.

From The Guardian