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Air chief marshal (Australia)

Rank of the Royal Australian Air Force

Field	Value
name	Air chief marshal
image	RAAF O10(OF9) ACM rank ins.svg
image_size	150px
caption	Rank Insignia for Air Chief Marshal
image2	Australian Air Chief Marshal Officer Distinguishing Flag.svg
image_size2	250px
caption2	RAAF ACM Command Flag (CDF)
country	Australia
service branch
abbreviation	ACM
rank group	Air officer
rank	Four-star
pay grade	O10
formation	1965
higher rank	Marshal of the RAAF
lower rank	Air marshal
equivalents

| Non-NATO rank = Air chief marshal (abbreviated as ACM) is the highest active rank of the Royal Australian Air Force and was created as a direct equivalent of the British Royal Air Force rank of air chief marshal. It is also considered a four-star rank. The only time the rank is held is when the Chief of the Defence Force is an Air Force officer.

Air chief marshal is a higher rank than air marshal and is a lower rank than Marshal of the Royal Australian Air Force, which has only ever been awarded as an honorary rank. Air chief marshal is a direct equivalent of admiral in the Royal Australian Navy and general in the Australian Army.

Insignia

The insignia worn on the uniform is three light blue bands (each on a slightly wider black band) over a light blue band on a black broad band.

Australian air chief marshals may also fly an officer distinguishing flag. For air chief marshals this comprises five horizontal stripes which from top to bottom are coloured: dark blue, light blue, red (double thickness), light blue and dark blue with four stars imposed in a line on the red stripe.

Australian air chief marshals

With the establishment of the Australian Air Board on 9 November 1920, Australian Air Corps officers dropped their army ranks in favour of those based on the Royal Air Force. However, it was not until 1965, when Frederick Scherger became Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and was promoted to air chief marshal, that an RAAF officer attained the rank.

Throughout the history of the RAAF, only four of its officers have held the rank:

		Name		Postnominals		Promoted		Retired		Died
[[File:019431Scherger.jpg	100px]]
[[File:P02032.002NevMcNamara.jpg	100px]]
[[File:Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston.jpg	100px]]
[[File:Mark Binskin 2018.jpg	100px]]

References

"Royal Australian Air Force Officer Distinguishing Flags". crwflags.com.

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