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== Australia == {{main|Air marshal (Australia)}} {{see also|List of Royal Australian Air Force air marshals}} The [[Australian Air Corps]] adopted the RAF rank system on 9 November 1920<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1070474--1-.pdf |title=Chapter 1: Formation of the Royal Australian Air Force |author=Gillison, Douglas Napier |work=Royal Australian Air Force, 1939β1942 |volume=1 |edition=1st |year=1962 |format=digitised book |publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]] |pages=5β6}}</ref> and this usage was continued by its successor, the [[Royal Australian Air Force]]. However, the rank of air marshal was not used by the Australian Armed Forces until 1940 when [[Richard Williams (RAAF officer)|Richard Williams]], an RAAF officer, was promoted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1070724--1-.pdf |title=Chapter 5: The New Command |author=Gillison, Douglas Napier |work=Royal Australian Air Force, 1939β1942 |volume=1 |edition=1st |year=1962 |format=digitised book |publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]] |pages=92β93}}</ref> In Australia, there are four appointments available for air marshals: the [[Chief of Air Force (Australia)|Chief of Air Force]] and, at times when they are occupied by an air force officer, the [[Vice Chief of the Defence Force (Australia)|Vice Chief of Defence Force]], the [[Chief of Joint Operations (Australia)|Chief of Joint Operations]], and the [[Chief of Capability Development Group]].
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