Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer
The Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer is the senior RAF appointment for a OR9 warrant officer, and therefore the most senior non-commissioned appointment in the Royal Air Force. The person holding this military appointment advises the Chief of the Air Staff on matters concerning airmen and airwomen of the RAF. The post was created in 1996.The Royal Navy equivalent is the Warrant Officer of the Naval Service, and in the Royal Marines the Corps Regimental Sergeant Major. The British Army's recent equivalent is the Army Sergeant Major.
