Other Air Forces
The rank of squadron leader is also used in a number of the air forces in the Commonwealth, including the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), Ghana Air Force, Indian Air Force (IAF), Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). It is also used in the Egyptian Air Force, Hellenic Air Force, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Royal Air Force of Oman and the Royal Thai Air Force.
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) used the rank until the unification of the Canadian Forces in 1968, when army-type rank titles were adopted. Canadian squadron leaders were retitled as majors. In official French Canadian usage, a squadron leader's rank title was commandant d'aviation. The Chilean Air Force equivalent rank, in Chilean Spanish, is comandante de escuadrilla or squadron commander.
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An RAAF squadron leader's sleeve/shoulder insignia
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A Hellenic Air Force Episminagos (squadron leader's) rank insignia
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An Indian Air Force squadron leader's rank insignia
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A RTAF squadron leader's rank insignia
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A PAF squadron-leader's shoulder rank insignia.
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