RANKS OF THE AIR TRAINING CORPS

If you ever see a member of the Royal Air Force or Air Training Corps, you may like to know what rank they hold. Here are a few of those you are more likely to see, whilst on the Squadron!

ADULT STAFF

Civilian Instructor            Adult Sergeant        Adult Flight Sergeant     Adult Warrant Officer 

   Pilot Officer           Flying Officer      Flight Lieutenant     Squadron Leader   Wing Commander
 

Cadets

Cadets within the Squadron can be promoted (after selection and passing interviews) to the ranks below; starting at Corporal and making their way through their Cadet career to Cadet Warrant Officer.

As Cadets attain a higher rank, so they take on more responsibility within their respected Flight or within the Squadron, including taking lectures, drill, projects etc.

                                Corporal                      Sergeant                   Flight Sergeant               Cadet Warrant

                                                                                                                                             Officer

Keeping it short and sweet...

The ATC, like the RAF (and all the military for that matter) likes to abbreviate everything that can be abbreviated! This includes the rank structure. Here is a quick guideline to the rank structure above and the accepted abbreviations.