>>>>>I don't believe you. I don't know about the USAF, or whatever country you served, but I've never heard of regiments inside an AF, certainly not the RAF; they have squadrons. There is "The RAF Regiment" but they're like RAF soldiers whose job it is to secure and defend air bases.
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>>>>I think the Army Air Corps (from whence came the USAF) took a lot of structure from the RAF, hence Squadrons, Flights, etc.
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>>>I think whence came the USAAF, thence the USAF, nicht wahr?
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>>ah-yup
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>But they didn't take the ranks: Flt Lt, Wing Commander, Squadron leader, Air Commodore

They did take several of the titles, though it makes sense to use the same title for the same job, the rank structure came from the Army.