I am a proud member of it, and have been for 5 years. Unlike JROTC, the RCAC is not a school related program, It's a youth program funded by the Department of National Defense and the Air Cadet League of Canada.

THese are our rank equivilants compared to the Civil Air Patrol.


WO1 = C/Col

.................................................. .. C/LtCol

WO2 = C/Maj

.................................................. ............. C/Capt

.................................................. ............. C/Lt

FSgt = C/2Lt

............................................ C/CMSgt

Sgt = C/SMSgt

...................................... C/MSgt

Cpl = C/TSgt

............................................. C/SSgt

LAC = C/SAmn

.................................................. ............. C/A1C

AC................................................ ............. C/Amn

.................................................. ........................C/Basic

For you navy boys! Here is a chart of Canadian Cadets AirForce > Navy from below!


Warrent Officer 1st Class (WO1) - Chief Petty Officer 1st Class (CPO1)
Warrent Officer 2ndClass (WO2) - Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class (CPO2)
Flight Sergeant (FSgt) - Petty Officer 1st Class (PO1)
Sergeant (Sgt) - Petty Officer 2nd Class (PO2)
Corporal (Cpl) - Leading Seaman/Cadet (LC)
Leading Air Cadet (LAC) - Able Seaman/Cadet (AC)
Air Cadet (AC) - Ordinary Seaman/Cadet (OC)

Just for something to do here, here are the Army Cadet equivalents to the Air Cadet ranks:

Warrant Officer 1st Class (WOI) - Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)
Warrant Officer 2nd Class (WOII) - Master Warrant Officer (MWO)
Flight Sergeant (F/Sgt.) - Warrant Officer (WO)/Sergeant (Sgt.)
Sergeant (Sgt.) - Master Corporal (M/Cpl.)
Corporal (Cpl.) - Corporal (Cpl.)
Leading Air Cadet (LAC) - Private (Pte.)
Air Cadet (AC) - Cadet (Cdt.) or Private(Recruit) (Pte.(R))

Thats a good idea.
More people seem to know how the army ranking system goes better than any. So that would probably be eaiser to compair to.

Originally Posted by NCdt Steliga

Just for something to do here, here are the Army Cadet equivalents to the Air Cadet ranks:

Warrant Officer 1st Class (WOI) - Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)
Warrant Officer 2nd Class (WOII) - Master Warrant Officer (MWO)
Flight Sergeant (F/Sgt.) - Warrant Officer (WO)/Sergeant (Sgt.)
Sergeant (Sgt.) - Master Corporal (M/Cpl.)
Corporal (Cpl.) - Corporal (Cpl.)
Leading Air Cadet (LAC) - Private (Pte.)
Air Cadet (AC) - Cadet (Cdt.) or Private(Recruit) (Pte.(R))

That's almost correct. An air cadet corporal is actually equal to an army cadet corporal and master corporal, then an air cadet sergeant is equal to an army cadet sergeant.

Here's the full equivilancies between the three elements:

http://www.regions.cadets.forces.gc....air/rank_e.htm

I was close. I spent the past 6 years as an Air Cadet, but I never really bothered to take real consideration into rank comparison until I hit F/Sgt.

I had the priv of meeting Guy Albert(sp) the Commandant of the RCAirC at the 2004 CAP National Boards in Tampa Florida this year and have a good friend in a unit up in B.C.

Wow, Ive got so many friends from cadets (Army, Air, and Sea. Canadian, Americian, Australian......) Cadets was a great time!

Originally Posted by ntt

Wow, Ive got so many friends from cadets (Army, Air, and Sea. Canadian, Americian, Australian......) Cadets was a great time!

Matt you may know the friend I am talking about WO(AF) Kayla Fenrick (Ret'd) Air and Departments D/CSNCO WCC (now FSgt(AF/R) WCC

Thanks for providing equivilencies. My friends in JROTC and I have a time trying to figure them out!