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Squadron leaders are the lowest ranking officers that may fly a command flag. The flag may be depicted on the officer's aircraft or, should the squadron leader be in command, the flag may be flown from a flagpole or displayed on an official car as a car flag. If the squadron leader is in command of a
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From 1 April 1918 to 31 July 1919, the RAF used major as the equivalent rank to squadron leader. Royal Naval Air Service lieutenant-commanders and Royal Flying Corps majors on 31 March 1918 became RAF majors on 1 April 1918. On 31 August 1919, the RAF rank of major was superseded by squadron leader
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Squadron leader has also been used as a cavalry command appointment (UK) and rank (France) since at least the nineteenth century. In Argentina it is used as a command appointment by both the army's cavalry and by the air force's flying units. The cavalry rank of squadron leader in France is
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The rank insignia consists of a thin blue band on a slightly wider black band between 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 flying suit or the casual uniform.
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which has remained in continuous usage ever since. Promotion to squadron leader is strictly on merit, and requires the individual to be appointed to a Career Commission, which will see them remain in the RAF until retirement or voluntary resignation.
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were typically led by RAF majors and the term squadron commander had been used in the Royal Naval Air Service. The rank of squadron leader was introduced in August 1919 and has been used continuously since then.
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majors becoming majors 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
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equivalent to a major, and the cavalry appointment of squadron leader in the UK generally corresponds to this rank as well.
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objected to this modification of their rank titles. The rank title squadron leader was chosen as
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under a squadron leader. However, ground-operating squadrons which are sub-divisions of a
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On 1 April 1918, the newly created RAF adopted its officer rank titles from the
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numbered squadron, then the number of the squadron is also shown on the flag.
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are ordinarily commanded by a squadron leader. This includes squadrons of the
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of aircraft. Today, however, a flying squadron is usually commanded by a
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and was adopted by several other air forces which use, or used, the
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deal primarily with the United Kingdom and do not represent a
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An RAF squadron leader's sleeve on No.1 service dress uniform
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OF-3 rank in the Royal Air Force and other air forces
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Smaldone, Joseph P. (1992). "National Security". In
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rank used by some air forces, with origins from the
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