air vice-marshal
noun
: a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a major general in the army
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When the top general for the U.S. Air Force in the Pacific traveled overseas recently to meet with U.S. allies, responsibility for 46,000 personnel across the region fell to an unusual second-in-command: an air vice-marshal from the Australian air force.
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Mike Cherney, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2023
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“Air vice-marshal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20vice-marshal. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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