Senior aircraftman
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Senior aircraftman (SAC) or senior aircraftwoman (SACW)[1][2][3] was a rank in the Royal Air Force, ranking between leading aircraftman and senior aircraftman technician (SAC(T)) (although SACs in non-technical trades progressed directly to corporal) and having a NATO rank code of OR-2. The rank, which was non-supervisory, was introduced on 1 January 1951. The rank badge was a three-bladed propeller. The rank was renamed Air Specialist (class 1) (AS1) in the Royal Air Force in July 2022.[4]
Senior aircraftman (technician)
[edit | edit source]From March 2005, SACs in technical trades who had attained the Operational Performance Standard were promoted to Senior aircraftman technician SAC Tech and given a new badge of rank, consisting of the three-bladed propeller inside a circle. This new rank was introduced, to distinguish airmen trained to work unsupervised from those who were not, and is equivalent to the old junior technician rank.[citation needed]
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Senior aircraftman
(Pakistan Air Force)
![Senior aircraftman (Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard)[5]](/index.php/File:TaT-Air_Guard-OR-02a.png){kind=link}
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![Senior aircraftman (Air Force of Zimbabwe)[7]](/index.php/File:United_Kingdom-AirForce-OR-3_(service).svg){kind=link}
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