air commodore 
noun
A rank of officer in the RAF, above group captain and below air vice-marshal.The commander was a US Army major general with a British Royal Air Force air commodore as deputy....
- The court martial will be heard at a military base by a senior judge and a board of at least five high-ranking officers, with an air commodore as president.
- However, it came to the attention of public service heads and politicians and his pending promotion to air commodore was held back for about four years.