wing commander
noun
: a commissioned officer in the British air force who ranks with a lieutenant colonel in the army
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Under Brown the cultural shift took hold and remains in place today, said Rew, who was one of Brown’s instructors at the weapons school and wing commander during Brown's time as commandant.
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Tara Copp, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
Bacon, before turning to politics, was a career Air Force officer, rising to brigadier general and wing commander at Ramstein Air Base, in Germany, and Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2020
Yeager also served as a wing commander in the Vietnam War, bringing his combat experience to a younger generation of fighter pilots.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2020
Tara Copp, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023
Bacon, before turning to politics, was a career Air Force officer, rising to brigadier general and wing commander at Ramstein Air Base, in Germany, and Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska.
—David Mark, Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2020
Yeager also served as a wing commander in the Vietnam War, bringing his combat experience to a younger generation of fighter pilots.
—Rob Verger, Popular Science, 8 Dec. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1914, in the meaning defined above
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“Wing commander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wing%20commander. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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