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Which Wing Commander?

Updated 2026-11-08

Four different things use this name. The games are an Origin space-combat series from 1990 to 2007, restored in 2026. The film opened on 12 March 1999. The RAF rank is a NATO OF-4 grade. In Star Citizen the words are a $10,000 spending tier.

The 1990 game, one of the four meanings of the name
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Heart of the Tiger, the best-known game in the series
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  • The games, including the 5 November 2026 editions.
  • The 1999 film.
  • The Star Citizen tier.
  • The military rank: in the RAF and other Commonwealth air forces a wing commander is NATO OF-4, senior to squadron leader and junior to group captain, broadly equivalent to a lieutenant colonel or a naval commander. In the US Air Force the same words are a job, not a rank grade. Details stay on the Wikipedia rank article. This site does not cover individual officers.

Questions people ask

Is Wing Commander a rank?

In the RAF, yes: NATO OF-4. That is not the subject of the rest of this site.

Is it a Star Citizen rank?

No. It is a $10,000 lifetime-spend tier.

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