1. Classification Badges
First Class Cadet
Leading Cadet
Senior Cadet
Staff Cadet

2. Cadet NCO Ranks Cadet Corporal (Cdt Cpl) Cadet Sergeant (Cdt Sgt)
Cadet Flight Sergeant
(Cdt FS)

3. Instructor Cadet NCO Ranks (Cadets over 18)
Instructor Cadet (ICdt)
Instructor Cadet Corporal
(ICdt Cpl)
Instructor Cadet Sergeant
(ICdt Sgt)
Instructor Cadet Flight Sergeant
(ICdt FS)
Instructor Cadet Warrant Officer
(ICWO)

4. Adult Warrant Officer (AWO) Civilian Volunteer Badges
ATC Adult SNCO Ranks
Sergeant
(ASgt)
Flight Sergeant (AFS)
Adult Warrant Officer
(AWO)
Adult Warrant Officer (AWO)
Previous service at equivalent rank or appointed before 1980
Civilian Volunteer Badges
Chaplain
Civilian Instructor
(CI)

5. Officer Ranks RAFVR(T)
Officer Cadet
(OCdt)
Pilot Officer
(Plt Off)
Flying Officer
(Fg Off)
Squadron Leader
(Sqn Ldr)
Flight Lieutenant
(Flt Lt)
Wing Commander
(Wg Cdr)

6. Band Badges Drummer Piper Instrumentalist Trumpeter Drum Major
Pipe Major

7. Duke Of Edinburgh’s Awards
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Millennium Volunteer
Millennium Volunteer

8. Gliding & Flying Badges
Gliding Scholarship Blue Wings
Gliding Scholarship Silver Wings
Advanced Glider Training Gold Wings
Glider Pilot
Gliding Instructor
Navigation Scholarship
Flying Scholarship

9. Marksmanship Badges Squadron Marksman Wing Marksman Region Marksman
Corps Marksman
Cadet Hundred

10. ATC Distinguishing Badge
Other Badges
ATC Distinguishing Badge
Communicators Badge
Young Lifesaver Plus
Leadership
Nijmegen Marches
Junior Leaders

11. Position of Badges On Brassard
DISTINGUISHING BADGE
To be worn in a central position, immediately below the identification badge.
ALWAYS PRESENT
IDENTIFICATION BADGE
To be worn centrally, 6mm
from the top edge of the brassard.
ALWAYS PRESENT
FIRST-CLASS, LEADING OR SENIOR
CADET BADGE
To be worn in a central
position, immediately
below the distinguishing
badge.
STAFF CADET: LEFT BLANK
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LEADERSHIP
COURSE BADGE
To be worn in a central position, immediately below the classification badge.
ALWAYS PRESENT
WHERE QUALIFIED
NIJMEGEN BADGE
To be located with the
base of the badge 7.5cm from the lower edge of the brassard, in the centre if possible, but on the left if worn with the Corps Marksman badge.
ALWAYS PRESENT
WHERE QUALIFIED
MILLENNIUM VOLUNTEERS BADGE
To be positioned 6mm from the left-hand edge and 6mm from the lower edge.
ALWAYS PRESENT
COMMUNICATOR / BANDSMEN’S BADGE
These ‘project’ badges are only to be worn where space exists as higher-priority badges have yet to be gained, and preferably in a central location.
MARKSMANSHIP
To be fixed 6mm from the right-hand edge and 6mm from the lower edge of the brassard.
ALWAYS PRESENT
WHERE QUALIFIED

12. Position of Badges On Brassard
DISTINGUISHING BADGE
To be worn in a central position, immediately below the identification badge.
ALWAYS PRESENT
IDENTIFICATION BADGE
To be worn centrally, 6mm
from the top edge of the brassard.
ALWAYS PRESENT
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FIRST-CLASS, LEADING OR SENIOR
CADET BADGE
To be worn in a central
position, immediately
below the distinguishing
badge.
STAFF CADET: LEFT BLANK
COMMUNICATOR / BANDSMEN’S BADGE
These ‘project’ badges are only to be worn where space exists as higher-priority badges have yet to be gained, and preferably in a central location.
FIRST AID BADGE
To be worn only where the MV or Marksmanship
badge has yet to be gained, 6mm from the lower edge
of the brassard.

13. HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh KG KT OM GBE AC QSO
Air Training Corps Air Commodore-In-Chief

14. Air Commodore Ian R W Stewart BSc RAF Commandant Air Cadets

15. ATC Aircraft
Tutor
Vigilant
Viking

16. Warrant Officer’s Cap Badge
Head Dress
ATC
Cap Badge
RAF Cap Badge
Warrant Officer’s Cap Badge
First Aid
Officer
Group Captain
Officer of Air Rank

17. Air Officers
No. 1 SD Hat
Forage Cap
Beret

18. Group Captain
No. 1 SD Hat
Forage Cap
Beret

19. Officers
Male No. 1 SD Hat
Female No. 1 SD Hat
Forage Cap
Beret

20. Airmen & Airwomen WO No. 1 SD Hat Airmen No. 1 SD Hat
Airwomen No. 1 SD Hat
Forage Cap
Beret

21. RAF Ranks Leading Aircraftman/ Aircraftwoman (LAC)
Senior Aircraftman/ Aircraftwoman
(SAC)
Senior Aircraftman/ Aircraftwoman (Technician)
(SAC Tech)
Junior Technician (Jnr Tech)
Corporal (Cpl)
Sergeant (Sgt)
Chief Technician (Chf Tech)
Flight Sergeant
(FS)
Warrant Officer (WO)

22. RAF Aircrew Ranks Sergeant (Sgt) Flight Sergeant (FS)
Master Aircrew (MAcr)

23. RAF Officer Ranks Officer Cadet (OCdt) Pilot Officer (Plt Off)
Flying Officer (Fg Off)
Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt)
Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr)
Wing Commander (Wg Cdr)

24. RAF Officer Ranks Group Captain (Gp Capt) Air Commodore (Air Cdre)
Air Vice Marshal (AVM)
Air Marshal (AM)
Air Chief Marshal (ACM)
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF)

25. RAF Brevets Pilot WSO/WSOp Load Master Navigator Engineer
Parachute Jump Instructor

26. RAF Qualification Badges
Parachutists Badge With Wings
Parachutists Badge Without Wings
Air Steward
Mountain Rescue
Bomb Disposal
Marksman

27. RAF Branch & Trade Badges
Dental Branch
RAF Regiment Shoulder Badge
Medical Branch
PTI
Telecommunications

28. Marshal Of The Royal Air Force
Star Plates
Marshal Of The Royal Air Force
Air Chief Marshall
Air Marshall
Air Vice-Marshall
Air Commodore

29. Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Command Flags
Squadron Leader
Wing Commander
Group Captain
Air Commodore
Air Vice-Marshal
Air Marshal
Air Chief Marshal
Marshal of the Royal Air Force

30. Distinguishing Flags Station Commanders
RAF Members of the Air Force Board
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief (UK Commands)
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Attaches & Advisers, Heads of RAF Missions
Air Officers Commanding, Commandant-General RAF Regiment

31. Air Chief Marshal Sir Graham Eric Stirrup, GCB, AFC, DSc, FRAeS FCMI RAF Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS)

32. Chief of the Air Staff (CAS)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy KCB CBE DSO ADC BSc(Eng) FRAeS FCGI RAF
Chief of the Air Staff (CAS)

33. Air Chief Marshal Sir Clive Loader KCB OBE ADC FRAeS RAF
Commander-in-Chief Air Command

34. British Armed Forces Non-Commissioned Ranks

35. British Armed Forces Commissioned Ranks

37. SMEAC
Situation
Mission
Execution
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43. ATC Regions