[1] The rank is used by air forces of many countries that have historical British influence.

In official Canadian French usage, the rank title was lieutenant-colonel d'aviation.

[2] In the 1990s, the Canadian Forces Air Command (the post-1968 RCAF) altered the structure of those bases under its control, redesignating them as wings.

[4] On 1 April 1918, the newly created RAF adopted its officer rank titles from the British Army, with Royal Naval Air Service captains and Royal Flying Corps colonels officially becoming colonels in the RAF.

It was also suggested that RAF lieutenant colonels might be entitled reeves or wing-leaders.

This is worn on both the lower sleeves of the tunic or on the shoulder of the flight suit or the casual uniform.

Unlike USAF, "group" commands in USN are either equal to or senior to an air wing.

The CAP divides the nation into 52 wings (each corresponding to a state, territory, and District of Columbia).