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Grup Kapten (Group Captain atau Gp Capt dalam RAF, IAF dan PAF, GPCAPT dalam RNZAF dan RAAF; kadang kala G/C dalam semua cabang perkhidmatan) ialah pegawai bertauliah kanan yang berasal daripada Tentera Udara Diraja.
Pegawai kanan ( senior officer) ialah sekumpulan pegawai tinggi dalam tentera atau perkhidmatan beruniform yang lain. Dalam organisasi ketenteraan, istilah itu boleh merujuk kepada mana-mana pegawai atasan kumpulan pegawai muda, tetapi biasanya merujuk secara khusus kepada kumpulan pertengahan pegawai bertauliah yang berada di atas kumpulan ...
Ketika pemerintahan Dato' Mohamad Taib, beliau telah menukar sistem pangkat ketika itu (British), kepada sistem mirip Tentera Darat Malaysia, sepertimana sistem pangkat Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat (contohnya, Group Captain menjadi Kolonel, Wing Commander menjadi Leftenan Kolonel, Squadron Leader menjadi Mejar).
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The rank was used in the Royal Canadian Air Force until the 1968 unification of the Canadian Forces, when army-type rank titles were adopted. Canadian group captains then became colonels. In official Canadian French usage, the rank title was colonel d'aviation.
History
On 1 April 1918, the newly created RAF adopted its officer rank titles from the British Army, with Royal Naval Air Service captains and Royal Flying Corps colonels becoming colonels in the RAF. In response to the proposal that the RAF should use its own rank titles, it was suggested that the RAF might use the Royal Navy's officer ranks, with the word "air" inserted before the naval rank title. For example, the rank that later became group captain would have been "air captain". Although the Ad...
Insignia and command pennant
The rank insignia is based on the four gold bands of captains in the Royal Navy, comprising four narrow light blue bands over slightly wider black bands. This is worn on both the lower sleeves of the tunic or on the shoulders of the flying suit or the casual uniform. Group captains are the first rank in the RAF hierarchy to wear gold braid on the peak of their cap, informally known as 'scrambled egg'; however, they still wear the standard RAF officer's cap badge. The command pennant for a gro...
(Royal Australian Air Force)(Bangladesh Air Force)(Ghana Air Force)(Indian Air Force)Sir Douglas Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS– World War II fighter pilot and double amputeeClive Robertson "Killer" Caldwell DSO, DFC & Bar, Cross of Valor (Poland) – Australia's highest-scoring fighter ace, also the highest-scoring P-40 pilot from any air force and the highest-scoring A...Leonard Cheshire VC– World War II bomber pilot and charity workerWalter Churchill DSO, DFC – World War II ace fighter pilot, who also evaluated various makes of fighter aircraft for the RAF, and played a key role in getting Spitfire aircraft to the defence of MaltaMISC Berhad ( MYX: 3816) was incorporated in 1968 as Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad and is the leading international shipping line of Malaysia. In September 2005, Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Berhad adopted its present corporate identity and changed its name to MISC Berhad.
This is a list of individuals who held the post of Kapitan Cina, a government position that existed in colonial Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.
The usual role of a lieutenant is to carry out administrative duties and assist precinct commanders (normally a captain, or sometimes the local police chiefs). In smaller police departments, they may command a precinct itself.
