Air force officer rank insignia

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To assist in the comparison of different countries' air force officer rank insignia, NATO rank codes have been used. These are established codes for determining the seniority of officer and other ranks in NATO countries for a particular joint task group or command structure, although specific appointments designate a higher level of seniority over other equivalent rank codes in a given situation. Officer ranks go from OF-1 up to OF-10; OF(D) being a special category for trainee officers awaiting a commission. The system should not be confused with the pay grades used in the US military. While countries outside the NATO command structure (including some NATO member countries such as France) do not strictly fall into this classification structure and there may be incidences of overlap the codes still provide a useful gauge in determining what ranks are broadly equivalent.

NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF-D-	Student Officer
Australia												‎	‎TBA
	Marshal of the RAAF1	Air Chief Marshal	Air Marshal	Air Vice-Marshal	Air Commodore	Group Captain	Wing Commander	Squadron Leader	Flight Lieutenant	Flying Officer	Pilot Officer	No equivalent	Officer Cadet
Belgium (Edit)	No Equivalent	Général Generaal	Lieutenant général Luitenant-generaal	Général-major Generaal-majoor	Général de Brigade Brigadegeneraal	Colonel Kolonel	Lieutenant-colonel Luitenant-kolonel	Major Majoor	Capitaine-commandant Kapitein-commandant Capitaine Kapitein	Lieutenant Luitenant	Sous-lieutenant Onderluitenant	No Equivalent	No Equivalent
Canada (Edit)	No Equivalent											No Equivalent	No Image
		General Général	Lieutenant General Lieutenant-général	Major General Major-général	Brigadier General Brigadier-général	Colonel Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant-colonel	Major Major	Captain Capitaine	Lieutenant Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant		Officer Cadet Eleve-Officier
Czech Republic (Edit)	No Equivalent	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 22.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 25.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 18.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 21.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 20.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 17.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 16.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 15.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 19.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 14.gif	Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 11.gif	No Equivalent
		armádní generál	generálporučík	generálmajor	brigádní generál	plukovník	podplukovník	major	kapitán	nadporučík	poručík	podporučík
Denmark (Edit)	No equivalent											No equivalent
		General	Generalløjtnant	Generalmajor	Brigadegeneral	Oberst	Oberstløjtnant	Major	Kaptajn	Premierløjtnant	Flyverløjtnant Løjtnant
Greece (Edit)	No equivalent
		Pterarchos	Antipterarchos	Ypopterarchos	Taxiarchos	Sminarchos	Antisminarchos	Episminagos	Sminagos	Yposminagos	Anthiposminagos
Italy (Edit)	No Equivalent											No Equivalent	No Equivalent
		Generale	Generale di Squadra Aerea	Generale di Divisione Aerea	Generale di Brigata Aerea	Colonnello	Tenente Colonnello	Maggiore	Capitano	Tenente	Sottotenente
Netherlands (Edit)	No equivalent											No equivalent
		Generaal	Luitenant-generaal	Generaal-majoor	Commodore	Kolonel	Luitenant-kolonel	Majoor	Kapitein	Eerste-luitenant	Tweede-luitenant Vaandrig
Poland (Edit)	No equivalent											No equivalent	No equivalent
		Generał	Generał broni	Generał dywizji	Generał brygady	Pułkownik	Podpułkownik	Major	Kapitan (rank)	Porucznik	Podporucznik
Portugal (Edit) [1]													Various
	Marechal1	General	Tenente-General	Major-General	Brigadeiro-General	Coronel	Tenente-Coronel	Major	Capitão	Tenente	Alferes	Aspirante-a-oficial	Cadete
Romania (Edit)	No Equivalent											No Equivalent	No Equivalent
		General	General-locotenent	General-maior	General de flotilă aeriană	Comandor	Căpitan-comandor	Locotenent-comandor	Căpitan	Locotenent	Sublocotenent
Thailand					-							No equivalent
	จอมพล อากาศ	พล อากาศ เอก	พล อากาศ โท	พล อากาศ ตรี	นาวา อากาศ เอก พิเศษ	นาวา อากาศ เอก	นาวา อากาศ โท	นาวา อากาศ ตร	เรือ อากาศ เอก	เรือ อากาศ โท	เรือ อากาศ ตรี		นัก เรียน นาย เรือ อากาศ
	Chom Phon Akat	Phon Akat Ek	Phon Akat Tho	Phon Akat Tri	Nawa Akat Ek Phiset	Nawa Akat Ek	Nawa Akat Tho	Nawa Akat Tri	Ruea Akat Ek	Ruea Akat Tho	Ruea Akat Tri		Nak Rian Nai Ruea Akat
	Marshal of the RTAF	Air Chief Marshal	Air Marshal	Air Vice Marshal	Senior Group Captain	Group Captain	Wing Commander	Squadron Leader	Flight Lieutenant	Flying Officer	Pilot Officer		Air Cadet
Ukraine Image:Ukraine airforce general major.gif Image:Ukraine airforce Captain.gif No equivalent Генерал-полковник Генерал-лейтенант Генерал-майор Полковник Підполковник Майор Капітан Старший лейтенант Лейтенант Молодший лейтенант Polkovnik General / Colonel General Lieutenant General Major General Polkovnyk / Colonel Pidpolkovnik / Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Senior Lieutenant Lieutenant Junior Lieutenant
United Kingdom (Edit)
	Marshal of the Royal Air Force1	Air Chief Marshal	Air Marshal	Air Vice-Marshal	Air Commodore	Group Captain	Wing Commander	Squadron Leader	Flight Lieutenant	Flying Officer	Pilot Officer	Acting Pilot Officer	Officer Cadet or Student Officer
United States (Edit)												No Equivalent	Various
	General of the Air Force1	General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant	Second Lieutenant		Cadet/Officer Candidate
NATO Code	OF-10	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1		OF-D-	Student Officer

• ¹ Honorary/War time rank.
• ² The higher stripe of the rank has a red outline.

Note that the NATO officer rank codes (OF-1 to OF-10) are differently numbered from the US officer rank codes (O-1 to O-11).

[edit] See also

• Air force officer ranks
• Ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Officers
• RAF officer ranks