wing commander

1. 1.

   (RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain

   Broadercommanding officer

Questions about wing commander

What does wing commander mean?

wing commander means "(RAF rank) one who is next below a group captain".

Is wing commander a common word?

wing commander is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.