{{short description|Military rank in the Italian Air Force}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2021}} {{Expand Italian|topic=mil|Generale di squadra aerea|date=December 2024}}
'''Air squadron general''' is a general officer rank in the Italian Air Force and formerly of the Royal Romanian Air Force.
==Italy== {{main|Italian Air Force ranks}} {{Infobox military rank | name = Air squadron general | native_name = {{lang|it|Generale di squadra aerea}} | image = IT-Airforce-OF-9.png | image_size = 50px | alt = | caption = Rank insignia | image2 = | image_size2 = | alt2 = | caption2 = | image3 = | image_size3 = | alt3 = | caption3 = | country = {{flag|Italy}} | service branch = {{air force|Italy}} | abbreviation = | rank group = | rank = | NATO rank = OF-8 | Non-NATO rank = | pay grade = | formation = 1923 | abolished = | higher rank = {{lang|it|Generale}} | lower rank = {{lang|it|Generale di divisione aerea}} | equivalents = {{ubl|Air marshal (UK)|Lieutenant general (USA)}} | history = }} {{lang|it|Generale di squadra aerea}} equivalent to that of air marshal in the Royal Air Force.<ref>{{Cite book|last=United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service|title=Handbook on the Italian Military Forces, 3 August 1943|publisher=The Service|year=1943|isbn=|location=|pages=156}}</ref>
==Kingdom of Romania== {{main|Military ranks of the Kingdom of Romania}} [[File:Royal Romanian Air Force OF-6 - General de brigadă aeriană (1939-1944).png|thumb|100px|{{lang|ro|General de escadră aeriană}} rank insignia, early World War II]] {{lang|ro|General de escadră aeriană}} was a rank that was used by the Royal Romanian Air Force, until the Abdication of Michael I and creation of the Socialist Republic of Romania. The rank was equivalent to that of Brigadier general.<ref>{{cite book|title=Romanian Fighter Colors 1941-1945|first1=Teodor Liviu |last1=Moroșanu |first2=Dan |last2=Melinte |publisher=MMPBooks |date=2010 |isbn=978-83-89450-90-6 |page=189}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mollo |first1=Andrew |author-link1=Andrew Mollo |title=The Armed Forces of World War II: Uniforms, insignia, and organization |date=1981 |publisher=Crown Publishers |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=0-517-54478-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/armedforcesofwor0000moll/mode/2up |url-access=limited |access-date=31 March 2022 |page=Plate 76}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Littlejohn |first1=David |title=Foreign Legions of the Third Reich. Volume 4 |edition=2nd |publisher=R. James Publishing |year=1994b |isbn=0-912138-36-X |location=United States of America |page=98-99}}</ref> In the modern Romanian Air Force, this rank was replaced by {{lang|ro|General de flotilă aeriană}} (Air flotilla general).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dlaj.mapn.ro/ro/act.php?NOR=L80%2F1995&referinte=L80%2F1995&no=155&ano=1995&dom=statut%CAdre&PASS=WW-0WWXI-P-Q-PY&LOGIN=toei|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708164847/http://dlaj.mapn.ro/ro/act.php?NOR=L80%2F1995&referinte=L80%2F1995&no=155&ano=1995&dom=statut%CAdre&PASS=WW-0WWXI-P-Q-PY&LOGIN=toei|title=Legea nr. 80 din 11 iulie 1995 privind statutul cadrelor militare|language=ro|archive-date=8 July 2008}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Italy-mil-stub}} {{Mil-rank-stub}} Category:Italian Air Force Category:Air force ranks Category:Military ranks of Italy