Links to comparison charts can be found below. Several of these lists mention nato reference codes these are the nato rank reference codes used for easy comparison among nato countries. Comparisons are made between the different systems used by nations to categorize the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another.
This article is a list of various states armed forces ranking designations. The rank of marshal of the air force is the ceremonial rank of the indian air force and has been conferred once in 2002 to marshal of the indian air force. The rank of field marshal is the ceremonial rank and has been conferred only to two officers of the indian army field marshal sam manekshaw 1973 field marshal k m carriappa 1983.
The united states air force has twenty two grades of enlisted airmen and officers with most airmen enlisting at the entry level rank of airman basic ab. This table of the united states air force ranks from lowest to highest shows the air force s rank structure from lowest to highest including rank insignia abbreviation and rank classification. United states air force ranks in order.
The ranks in the chinese people s liberation army air force are similar to those of the chinese army formally known as the people s liberation army ground force except that those of the pla air force are prefixed by 空军 kong jun meaning air force see ranks of the people s liberation army or the article on an individual rank for details on the evolution of rank and insignia in the plaaf. Although the government regulation did not specifically mention rank to be used in naval commando corps the rank system of army is beginning to be used in. Ncos and enlisted ranks and ratings became different per service branch.
The ranks remained army style in the army and navy and army style ranks were formally introduced into the air force. Air force and their respective pay grades insignias abbreviations and classifications. The table below lists all the standard ranks in the u s.
The only person to hold this rank was henry h. In 1944 congress created the rank general of the air force. The highest rank attainable in the air force is the five star general of the air force.
