Comparative air force officer ranks of the Commonwealth
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Rank comparison chart of air forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.
Officers[]
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Antigua and Barbuda | No air force
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Royal Australian Air Force[1] |
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Marshal of the RAAF | Air chief marshal | Air marshal | Air vice-marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Pilot officer | Officer cadet
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Bahamas | No air force
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Bangladesh Air Force[2] |
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Air Chief Marshal | Air Marshal | Air Vice-Marshal | Air Commodore | Group Captain | Wing Commander | Squadron Leader | Flight Lieutenant | Flying Officer | Pilot Officer | Officer cadet
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Barbados | No air force
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Botswana Defence Force Air Wing[3] |
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Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Royal Brunei Air Force |
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Marshal of the Air Force Marsyal Udara |
General Jeneral (Udara) |
Lieutenant General Leftenan Jeneral (Udara) |
Major General Mejar Jeneral (Udara) |
Brigadier General Brigedier Jeneral (Udara) |
Colonel Kolonel (Udara) |
Lieutenant Colonel Leftenan Kolonel (Udara) |
Major Mejar (Udara) |
Captain Kapten (Udara) |
Lieutenant Leftenan (Udara) |
Second Lieutenant Leftenan Muda (Udara) |
Officer Cadet Pegawai Kadet (Udara)
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Cameroon Air Force |
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Général d'armée aérienne | Général de corps aérien | Général de division aérienne | Général de brigade aérienne | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
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Royal Canadian Air Force[4] |
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General | Lieutenant-general | Major-general | Brigadier-general | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Général | Lieutenant-général | Major-général | Brigadier-général | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Major | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Élève-officier
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Dominica | No air force
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Fiji | No air force
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Ghana Air Force |
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Air Chief Marshal | Air Marshal | Air Vice-Marshal | Air Commodore | Group Captain | Wing Commander | Squadron Leader | Flight Lieutenant | Flying Officer | Pilot Officer |
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Grenada | No air force
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Indian Air Force[5] |
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Marshal of the Indian Air Force | Air chief marshal | Air marshal | Air vice marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Flight cadet
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Jamaican Air Wing |
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Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | Officer Cadet
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Kenya Air Force[6] |
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Commander-in-Chief | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant |
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Kiribati | No air force
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Lesotho Air Squadron |
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Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant |
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Malawi Air Force |
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General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant
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Royal Malaysian Air Force[7] |
No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marsyal tentera udara | Jeneral TUDM | Leftenan jeneral TUDM | Mejar jeneral TUDM | Brigedier jeneral TUDM | Kolonel TUDM | Leftenan kolonel TUDM | Mejar TUDM | Kapten TUDM | Leftenan TUDM | Leftenan muda TUDM | Pegawai kadet
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Mauritius | No air force
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Mozambique Air Force |
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Coronel General | Tenente General | Major General | Coronel | Tenente Coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes
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Namibian Air Force[8] |
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Chief air marshal | Air marshal | Air vice marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Pilot officer
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Nauru | No air force
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Royal New Zealand Air Force[9] |
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Marshal of the RNZAF | Air marshal | Air vice-marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Pilot officer | Officer cadet
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Nigerian Air Force[10] |
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Marshal of the air force | Air chief marshal | Air marshal | Air vice-marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Pilot officer
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Pakistan Air Force |
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Marshal of the Pakistan Air Force | Air Chief Marshal | Air Marshal | Air Vice Marshal | Air Commodore | Group Captain | Wing commander | Squadron Leader | Flight Lieutenant | Flying Officer | Pilot Officer | Officer Cadet
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Papua New Guinea Air Element |
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Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Senior officer cadet | Junior officer cadet
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Rwandan Air Force[11] |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | No air force
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Saint Lucia | No air force
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | No air force
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Samoa | No air force
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Sierra Leone | No air force
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Republic of Singapore Air Force[12] |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Senior lieutenant colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Solomon Islands | No air force
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South African Air Force[13] |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer candidate
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Sri Lanka Air Force[14] |
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Marshal of the Air Force | Air Chief Marshal | Air Marshal | Air Vice-Marshal | Air Commodore | Group Captain | Wing Commander | Squadron Leader | Flight Lieutenant | Flying Officer | Pilot Officer | Officer cadet
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Swaziland | No air force
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Tanzania Air Force |
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General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer candidate
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Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard[15] |
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Air vice marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Pilot officer | Officer cadet
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Tuvalu | No air force
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Ugandan Air Force |
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General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | Officer cadet
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Royal Air Force[16] |
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Marshal of the RAF | 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
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Vanuatu | No air force
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Zambian Air Force |
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General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
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Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
See also[]
- Comparative air force enlisted ranks of the Commonwealth
- Comparative air force officer ranks of the Americas
- Ranks and insignia of NATO air forces officers
Notes[]
References[]
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- ^ "Ranks". Government of Botswana. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
- ^ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "For Officers". careerairforce.nic.in. Indian Air Force. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Kenya Air Force commissioned officer's ranks". mod.go.ke. Ministry of Defence - Kenya. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Pangkat". mafhq.mil.my (in Malay). Malaysian Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Government Notice" (PDF). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. Vol. 4547. 20 August 2010. pp. 99–102. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "Badges of Rank". nzdf.mil.nz. New Zealand Defence Force. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Smaldone, Joseph P. (1992). "National Security". In Metz, Helen Chapin (ed.). Nigeria: a country study. Area Handbook (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 296–297. LCCN 92009026. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "RDF Insignia". mod.gov.rw. Government of the Republic of Rwanda. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ "SAF Rank Insignias". mindef.gov.sg. Ministry of Defence (Singapore). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Rank Insignia". af.mil.za. Department of Defence (South Africa). Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Commissioned Officers". airforce.lk. Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Rank Chart (Commissioned Officers)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ "RAF Ranks". raf.mod.uk/. Royal Air Force. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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