Editing Junior technician

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'''Junior technician''' ('''Jnr Tech''' or '''J/T''') was a junior non-commissioned rank in the [[Royal Air Force]] and is also used in the [[Pakistan Air Force]]. In the RAF, it ranked above [[senior aircraftman]] and below [[corporal]] and had a [[NATO]] rank code of OR-2.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312539/uk_af_annual_personnel_report_2014.pdf |title=UK Armed Forces Annual Personnel Report |date=1 April 2014 |website=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] |access-date=27 February 2022 |archive-date=24 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524190556/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/312539/uk_af_annual_personnel_report_2014.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2000, the RAF replaced it with [[Senior aircraftman technician]], although junior technicians promoted before this date retained their rank.

==Pakistan==
Junior technician is also a rank in the [[Pakistan Air Force]], where it ranks between corporal technician and senior aircraftman. Since 2006 it has been represented by single chevron beneath an eagle with outstretched wings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uniforminsignia.net/?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&result=2502|title=PIPNI.cz - Moderní hosting|access-date=31 October 2009|archive-date=29 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429191747/http://www.uniforminsignia.net/?option=com_insigniasearch&Itemid=53&result=2502|url-status=live}}</ref>

==United Kingdom==
{{Infobox military rank
| name           = Junior technician
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| image          = File:British RAF OR-3 (1964-2005).svg
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| caption        = Insignia (1964–2005)
| image2         = File:British RAF OR-3 (1950-1964).svg
| image_size2    = 80px
| alt2           =
| caption2       = Insignia (1950–1964)
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| country        = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| service branch = {{air force|United Kingdom}}
| abbreviation   = Jnr Tech
| rank group     =
| rank           = 
| NATO rank      = OR-2
| Non-NATO rank  = 
| pay grade      = 
| formation      = 1950
| abolished      = 2005
| higher rank    = [[Corporal#United Kingdom|Corporal]]
| lower rank     = [[Senior aircraftman]]
| equivalents    = {{ubl|[[Private (rank)#United Kingdom|Private]]|[[Able seaman (rank)#United Kingdom|Able seaman]]}}
| history        = 
}}
The rank of junior technician was only held by airmen in technical trades and by those who joined as apprentices (both technical and administrative) and by musicians. Airmen in non-technical trades always progressed directly from senior aircraftman to corporal. Junior technicians were qualified to work alone and supervise untrained airmen working within their area of responsibility. The rank was introduced in 1950 as part of a new grading system for technicians, wearing a single point up [[Chevron (insignia)|chevron]]. In 1964, when the grading system was abolished, the rank of junior technician was retained, with the badge changing to a four-bladed [[propeller]]. The last administrative apprentices (the 46th entry) passed out from RAF Hereford in 1963.

==See also==
*[[RAF other ranks]]

==References==
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{{UK enlisted ranks}}

[[Category:Military ranks of the Royal Air Force]]
[[Category:Air force ranks]]
[[Category:Technicians]]