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Air Commodore
Flag of Air commodore
Shoulder board
Rank insignia of an air commodore
Country	India
Service branch	Indian Air Force
Abbreviation	Air Cmde
Rank	One-star rank
Next higher rank	Air vice marshal
Next lower rank	Group Captain
Equivalent ranks	Brigadier (Indian Army) Commodore (Indian Navy)

Air Commodore is a One-star rank in the Indian Air Force. Air Commodore ranks above the rank of Group Captain and below the two-star rank of air vice marshal.

The equivalent rank in the Indian Army is brigadier and in the Indian Navy is Commodore.

History

On 15 May 1947, Subroto Mukerjee was promoted to the acting rank of Air Commodore and became the first Indian air officer. He was appointed the Deputy Assistant to the Air Officer-in-charge Administration at Air headquarters.

Appointments

Officers in the rank of air commodore command air force stations and are titled air officer commanding (AOC). In staff appointments, they serve as Air-I at command headquarters. The air attachés and air advisors at India's high commissions and embassies in select countries are officers of the rank of air commodore. At Air headquarters, air commodores hold the appointments of principal directors of directorates and branches.

Insignia

The flag of an Air commodore is sky blue with the Indian Air Force roundel surmounted by the eagle from the Indian Air Force badge, with one yellow star in the fly. The badges of rank consists of a sky blue band on a navy blue broad band. An air commodore wears gorget patches which are blue patches with one white star. In addition to this, the blue grey terrywool tunic has one sleeve stripe consisting of a broad band.

Pay scale

Air commodores are at pay level 13A, with a monthly pay between ₹139,600 and ₹217,600 with a monthly service pay of ₹15,500.

Rank insignia

See also

• Air Force ranks and insignia of India

References

1. "First Indian Air Commodore" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 9 May 1947. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
2. "Embassy of India, Moscow (Russia)". indianembassy-moscow.gov.in.
3. "High Commission of India, London, United Kingdom : High Commission Officers". www.hcilondon.gov.in.
4. "Welcome to Embassy of India, Washington D C, USA". indianembassyusa.gov.in.
5. "Uniform | Indian Air Force | Government of India". indianairforce.nic.in.
6. "Report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission" (PDF). 20 November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2015.
7. DelhiJune 29, India Today Web Desk New; June 29, India Today Web Desk New; Ist, India Today Web Desk New. "7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries?". India Today.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
8. "Pay Scale of Officers - Join Indian Navy | Government of India". www.joinindiannavy.gov.in.

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