Air Vice-Marshal (
AVM) is an
air officer rank in the
Royal Air Force[1] as well as in air forces of many
Commonwealth nations. Air Vice-Marshals may be addressed generically as "Air Marshal".
The equivalent rank in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) (until 1968) and Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service (PMRAFNS) (until 1980) was Air Chief Commandant.
Air Vice-Marshal is equivalent to a 2 star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-7. It is equivalent to a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy or a Major-General in the British Army or the Royal Marines.
The rank of Air Vice-Marshal is immediately senior to the rank Air Commodore and immediately subordinate to the rank of Air Marshal.
