Talk:Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command
Notes (2016)
I brought the COACC Rank structure more in line with that detailed in MT:COACC and GT:Star Mercs.
- --WHULorigan (talk) 10:59, 30 March 2016 (EDT)
Notes (2026)
I find the continued mixing of the Commonwealth (RAF) and Continental (USAF) Air Force Organizational Structure at the Wing/Group level very confusing to try and rectify. Further, various Traveller Publications have now used both versions of the organizational structure, and mid-grade officer ranks that reflect both the correct and a corrupted ("flip-flopped") form of the Commonwealth structure for the associated officer names at those levels. The rank Group-Captain should always be senior to Wing-Commander in order to remain synchronized with rank-names in other space / naval / nautical services. Since all versions of Traveller from the beginning have used the Commonwealth Officer Rank system (or something closely based on it) and the current owner (Mongoose) is a British company, I am going to treat the instances of the USAF order of Unit Organization as errata items and go with the Commonwealth / RAF order. This is the opposite of the order found in GURPS Traveller: Star Mercs and MegaTraveller: COACC.
| Commonwealth Air Forces Rank Grades |
|---|
 |
| Commissioned Officers |
| O11 » Marshal of the Air Force |
| O10 » Air Chief Marshal |
| O9 » Air Marshal |
| O8 » Air Vice-Marshal |
| O7 » Air Commodore |
| O6 » Group Captain |
| O5 » Wing Commander |
| O4 » Squadron Leader |
| O3 » Flight Lieutenant |
| O2 » Flying Officer |
| O1 » Pilot Officer |
| O0 » Officer Cadet (Flight Cadet) |
| Unit Name | Unit Name | Commander's Rank (Commonwealth) |
Commander's Rank (Commonwealth) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth / RAF | Continental / USAF | Ground Unit | Flying Unit | |
| Flight | Flight | Flight Lieutenant | Flight Lieutenant / Squadron Leader | |
| Air Squadron | Air Squadron | Squadron Leader | Wing Commander | |
| Air Wing | Air Group | Wing Commander | Group Captain | |
| Air Group | Air Wing | Air Commodore | Group Captain | |
| Air Division | Air Division | Air Vice-Marshal | -- | |
| Air Corps | Air Corps | Air Marshal | -- | |
| Air Force (Numbered) | Air Force (Numbered) | Air Chief Marshal | -- | |
| Air Force (Named) | Air Force (Named) | Air Chief Marshal | -- | |
- --WHULorigan (talk) 03:30, 18 February 2026 (UTC)