Minimum Rank: Major
Maximum Rank: General
Able to promote to: Captain / Squadron Commander
Able to award: Palpatine Crescent, Commendation of Bravery

Wing Commanders are generally selected from the best Squadron Commanders, but not always.  This is primarily an administrative position, with a lot of paperwork involved.  Wing Commanders are first expected to function in the same way for their CMDRs as the CMDRs do for their own pilots, by taking care of the CMDRs' BSFs etc...  They are also expected to ensure that all of their CMDRs are doing their jobs properly, and must be extremely knowledgeable about procedures and regulations, as they will often be asked questions by CMDRs who do not have sufficient experience to cover all of the questions sent them by their pilots.

In addition to this, Wing Commanders are expected to create opportunities for the pilots in their Wing to take part in contests with other members of the TIE Corps, and these are generally larger and more complex contests than those organized by Squadron Commanders.  They are also expected to fill in as backup CMDRs for Squadrons with absent CMDRs where no suitable Acting CMDR is present.  Finally, Wing Commanders are expected to take on whatever additional duties their Commodore expects of them.  Again, this should me made explicit in Ship's Standing Orders,  so that anyone applying for a WC position on that particular ship can see exactly what would be required of them should they get the job.  Commodores should remember to gain approval via the Chain of Command before making extra duties for the standard WC duty description.

As with Squadron Commanders, the Wing Commander position is highly responsible and email intensive.  Any Wing Commander who drops out of contact for more than one week without an exceptionally good reason can expect to find someone in Wing Operations upon their return, but individual Commodores may be flexible about this regulation.  Any Wing Commander who wishes to apply for more than one month's leave should consider taking retirement to the Fleet Reserves as an alternative.    The basic rule is that as long as the Commodore is content, everything is fine.