Usage
In the RAF, Flight Sergeant ranks above Chief Technician and below Warrant Officer. The insignia for aircrew flight sergeants has an eagle in between the chevrons and the crown.
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Rank badge of a Royal Air Force flight sergeant
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Rank badge of a Royal Air Force aircrew flight sergeant
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Flight Sergeant as it appears on Dress Uniform
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Flight Sergeant Air Crew as it appears on Dress Uniform
Apart from the RAF, the rank of Flight Sergeant is also used by many Commonwealth air forces, including the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the Sri Lankan Air Force, the Ghana Air Force, the Bangladesh Air Force, the Sri Lanka Air Force, the South African Air Force and the Air Force of Zimbabwe. It was also used in the former Royal Rhodesian Air Force. In Canada, since the unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, this rank has been replaced by Warrant Officer though the rank is still used by the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. The rank is also used in the Irish Air Corps where it is equivalent to the Irish Army rank of Company Sergeant. The Flight Sergeant rank in the Indian Air Force was replaced with the rank of Junior Warrant Officer (JWO), which ranks below a Warrant Officer and above a Sergeant.
In the RAF, the rank insignia is three downward pointing chevrons below a crown and flight sergeants are usually addressed as "Flight" and are never addressed by the junior rank of "Sergeant".
Flight Sergeant is also used in many cadet organizations around the world, such as the Air Training Corps, Combined Cadet Force (RAF Section), the Australian Air Force Cadets and the Royal Canadian Air Cadets.
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