Airmen e 1 through e 4 non commissioned officers e 5 and e 6 and senior non commissioned officers e 7 through e 9. Enlisted air force ranks are broken down into three levels. As it stands in history the rank is retired and no officer has worn the five star rank while on active duty.
The gafs purpose is to oversee to wartime operations and missions of the air force. General of the air force gaf o 10 the general of the air force is the five star general rank reserved for wartime only. 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. Mcpeak redesigned the service dress uniform. The insignia have been essentially unchanged since then except for a brief period during the 1990s when then air force chief of staff general merrill a.
The current air force officer rank names and insignia were taken from the army upon the establishment of the air force as a separate service in 1947. The head of the indian air force is the chief of the air staff who holds the rank of. Miaf arjan singh was the only officer to have achieved this rank.
The indian air force s rank structure is based on that of the royal air force the highest rank attainable in the indian air force is marshal of the indian air force conferred by the president of india after exceptional service during wartime. Company grade officers are those officers in grades o 1 to o 3 field grade officers are. Company grade field grade and general officers.
Air force officer ranks are divided into three sections.
