() is a rank in the

Romanian Air Force The Romanian Air Force (RoAF) () is the air force branch of the Romanian Armed Forces. It has an air force headquarters, an operational command, five air bases, a logistics base, an air defense brigade, an air defense regiment and an ISR (Intel ...

, introduced on 11 July 1995. Within the NATO rank structure is rated OF-6, as such is equivalent to Brigadier general or

Air commodore Air commodore (Air Cdre or Air Cmde) is an air officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes ...

. The previous

Royal Romanian Air Force The Air Force branch of the Royal Romanian forces in World War II was officially named the (ARR, ), though it is more commonly referred to in English histories as the (Royal Romanian Air Force, FARR), or simply (Romanian Air Force). It provided ...

of the

Kingdom of Romania The Kingdom of Romania () was a constitutional monarchy that existed from with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King of Romania, King Carol I of Romania, Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 1947 wit ...

also had a similar rank called .

Description

The term "" (air flotilla) was introduced in 1929. Equivalent to an

air wing In military aviation, a wing is a unit of command. In most military aviation services, a wing is a relatively large formation of planes. In Commonwealth countries a wing usually comprises three squadrons, with several wings forming a group (ar ...

and usually consisting of three air groups, the unit existed until 1949 when the flotillas were converted to aviation regiments. The present-day Air Bases of the Romanian Air Force were also briefly renamed to flotillas between 2010 and 2013. The insignia worn on the sleeves has a 35 mm wide braid (called or ), a 25 mm wide braid and a 12 mm wide braid. Like all air force rank insignia, the topmost braid is folded in the shape of a

rhombus In plane Euclidean geometry, a rhombus (: rhombi or rhombuses) is a quadrilateral whose four sides all have the same length. Another name is equilateral quadrilateral, since equilateral means that all of its sides are equal in length. The rhom ...

. The shoulder insignia consists of a 45 mm wide braid made from yellow silk thread and gold

metallic thread Metallic may be a reference to: *Metal *Metalloid, metal-like substance *Metallic bonding, type of chemical bonding *Metallicity, in astronomy the proportion of elements other than helium and hydrogen in an object *Metallic color, a color that g ...

with a single metallic thread star embroidered on top and a 1 mm blue textile border.

References

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