A few years ago driving back from Virginia Beach to Washington on official business (well someone had to do it) I was running late and as time was getting on I decided to try and get a room at Langley AFB. On enquiring I was told there were no rooms available so I asked if they had any arrangements with local motels. They had and so the young lady behind the desk asked me who I was. Wing Commander............ She seemed somewhat surprised and rather flustered and said that rooms were available in the VSO block and would I like a suite. So I spent a very comfortable night with breakfast cooked personally for me en suite. It obviously dawned on me that in USAF terms Wing Commander is a job title rather than a rank. So it can work very well!