Other Air Forces
The rank of Air Vice-Marshal is also used by a number of the air forces in the Commonwealth, including the Bangladesh Air Force, Ghana Air Force, Indian Air Force (IAF), Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) where it has been the rank held by the Chief of the Air Staff (now known as the Chief of Air Force) since 1943. It is also used in the Egyptian Air Force, Hellenic Air Force, Royal Air Force of Oman and the Royal Thai Air Force. In the Indonesian Air Force the equivalent rank is Marsekal Muda (literally "Young Marshal" or "Junior Marshal") which is usually translated as Air Vice-Marshal in English. Compare this with the next rank up which is "Marsekal Madya" (literally "Middle Marshal") which is usually translated as Air Marshal in English.
The Royal Canadian Air Force used the rank until the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces, when Army-type rank titles were adopted. Canadian Air Vice-Marshals then became Major-Generals. In official French Canadian usage, the rank title was vice-maréchal de l'air. The Royal Malaysian Air Force used the rank until the late 1970s when it was replaced with Mejar Jeneral (Major-General).
South Vietnam's air force, the Republic of Vietnam Air Force, which existed from 1955 until the North Vietnamese conquest of South Vietnam in 1975, also used the rank.
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A Royal Thai Air Force Air Vice-Marshal's rank insignia
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An RAAF Air Vice-Marshal's rank insignia
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An Indian Air Force's Air Vice-Marshal's rank insignia
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A PAF Air Vice-Marshal's rank insignia.
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