Junior Technician is a junior non-commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 and the Pakistan Air Force

Pakistan Air Force

The Pakistan Air Force is the leading air arm of the Pakistan Armed Forces and is primarily tasked with the aerial defence of Pakistan with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Navy. The PAF also has a tertiary role of providing strategic air transport...

. In the RAF it ranks equal to Senior Aircraftman Technician

Senior Aircraftman Technician

Senior aircraftman technician is a rank in the Royal Air Force, ranking between senior aircraftman and corporal and having a NATO rank code of OR-2. It is also subordinate to the Army and RAF Regiment rank of lance corporal, although SACs and junior technicians require a Corporal rank or above to...

 (SAC(T)), above Senior Aircraftman

Senior Aircraftman

Senior Aircraftman , or Senior Aircraftwoman , is a rank in the Royal Air Force, ranking between Leading Aircraftman and Senior Aircraftman Technician and having a NATO rank code of OR-2. The rank, which is non-supervisory, was introduced on 1 January 1951...

 (SAC) and below Corporal

Corporal

Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. It is usually equivalent to NATO Rank Code OR-4....

 and has a NATO rank code of OR-2. Since 2005, no more RAF airmen have been promoted to this rank, being promoted to SAC Technician instead.

United Kingdom

The rank of Junior Technician is only held by airmen in technical trades and by musicians. Airmen in non-technical trades always progressed directly from Senior Aircraftman to Corporal. Junior Technicians are qualified to work alone and supervise untrained airmen working within their area of responsibility. The rank was introduced in 1950 as part of a new grading system for technicians, wearing a single point up chevron. In 1964, when the grading system was abolished, JTs were retained, their badge changing to a four-bladed propeller

Propeller

A propeller is a type of fan that transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust. A pressure difference is produced between the forward and rear surfaces of the airfoil-shaped blade, and a fluid is accelerated behind the blade. Propeller dynamics can be modeled by both Bernoulli's...

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In 2000 the Royal Air Force changed the rank to Senior Aircraftman Technician

Senior Aircraftman Technician

Senior aircraftman technician is a rank in the Royal Air Force, ranking between senior aircraftman and corporal and having a NATO rank code of OR-2. It is also subordinate to the Army and RAF Regiment rank of lance corporal, although SACs and junior technicians require a Corporal rank or above to...

, SAC(T). In 2005 promotions to the rank of Junior Technician ceased and were replaced by SAC(T)'s. However, those previously promoted continue to be at JT rank until they are promoted to Corporal or leave the service.

Pakistan

Junior Technician is also a rank in the Pakistan Air Force

Pakistan Air Force

The Pakistan Air Force is the leading air arm of the Pakistan Armed Forces and is primarily tasked with the aerial defence of Pakistan with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Navy. The PAF also has a tertiary role of providing strategic air transport...

, where it ranks between Corporal Technician and Senior Aircraftsman. Since 2006 it has been represented by single chevron beneath an eagle with outstretched wings.