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Air Force officer from Queens flying with old radar (8,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

squadron leader

'air force officer' is the definition.
(Royal Air Force rank)

'queens flying with old radar' is the wordplay.
'flying with' indicates anagramming the letters (letters fly around into new positions).
'old'+'radar'='oldradar'
'queens' with its letters anagrammed with 'oldradar' gives 'SQUADRON LEADER'.

'from' acts as a link.

(Another definition for squadron leader that I've seen is " officer".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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