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Comparative air force enlisted ranks of Asia

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Rank comparison chart of air forces of Asian states.

Enlisted[]

Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Afghanistan Afghanistan
(Edit) 		No equivalent
No equivalent
Sergeant First Class Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private First Class Private


Armenia Armenia
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Senior Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Sergeant Major Senior Sergeant Sergeant Junior Sergeant Gefreiter Private


Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Baş gizir Gizir Кiçik gizir Baş çavuş Ҫavuş Кiçik çavuş Baş әsgәr Әsgәr
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Master Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private 1st Class Private


Bahrain Bahrain
(Edit) 		No equivalent
 No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Master Sergeant
رقیب اول 		Sergeant
رقیب 		Corporal
عریف 		Lance Corporal
جندی اول 		Private
جندي‎‎


Bangladesh Bangladesh
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Master Warrant Officer Senior Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Sergeant Corporal Leading Aircraftman Aircraftman 1 Aircraftman 2


Bhutan Bhutan No air force


Brunei Brunei
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia
Force Sergeant
Major 		Warrant Officer
Class I 		Warrant Officer
Class II 		Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal Private
(or equivalent)


 Cambodia Air Force
[]
ព្រឹន្ទបាលឯក
Template:Transliteration 		ព្រឹន្ទបាលទោ
Template:Transliteration 		ពលបាលឯក
Template:Transliteration 		ពលបាលទោ
Template:Transliteration 		ពលបាលត្រី
Template:Transliteration 		នាយឯក
Template:Transliteration 		នាយទោ
Template:Transliteration 		ពលឯក
Template:Transliteration 		ពលទោ
Template:Transliteration
China People's Republic
of China
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Chief Sergeant 1st Class
(一级军士长) 		Chief Sergeant 2nd Class
(二级军士长) 		Chief Sergeant 3rd Class
(三级军士长) 		Chief Sergeant 4th Class
(四级军士长) 		Staff Sergeant
(上士) 		Sergeant
(中士) 		Corporal
(下士) 		Private 1st Class
(上等兵) 		Private
(列兵)


 Taiwan Air Force[1]
[]
一等士官長
Yīděng shìguānzhǎng 		二等士官長
Èrděng shìguānzhǎng 		三等士官長
Sānděng shìguānzhǎng 		上士
Shàngshì 		中士
Zhōngshì 		下士
Xiàshì 		上等兵
Shàngděngbīng 		一等兵
Yīděngbīng 		二等兵
Èrděngbīng
India India
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent
Master Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Junior Warrant Officer Sergeant Corporal Leading Aircraftsman Aircraftsman


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Indonesia Indonesia
(Edit)
Pembantu Letnan Satu Pembantu Letnan Dua Sersan Mayor Sersan Kepala Sersan Satu Sersan Dua Kopral Kepala Kopral Satu Kopral Dua Prajurit Kepala Prajurit Satu Prajurit Dua
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Sergeant Major Master Sergeant Staff Sergeant Sergeant Master Corporal Corporal Lance Corporal Senior Airman Airman First Class Airman


Iran Iran
(Edit)
Chief Master Sergeant
استوار یکم 		Senior Master Sergeant
استوار دوم 		Master sergeant
گروهبان یکم 		Technical sergeant
گروهبان دوم 		Staff Sergeant
گروهبان سوم 		Senior airman
سرجوخه 		Airman first class
سرباز یکم 		Airman
سرباز دوم 		Airman basic
سرباز


Iraq Iraq
(Edit) 		No equivalent
No equivalent
Staff Sergeant
رئیس عرفاء 		Sergeant
عریف 		Corporal
نائب عریف 		Lance Corporal
جندی اول 		Private
جندی


Israel Israel
(Edit) 		No equivalent Turai No equivalent
Rav nagad
(רב-נגד (רנ"ג 		Rav nagad mishne
(רב-נגד משנה (רנ"מ 		Command Sergeant Major
(רב-סמל בכיר (רס"ב 		Sergeant Major
(רב-סמל מתקדם (רס"מ 		Master Sergeant
(רב-סמל ראשון (רס"ר 		Sergeant First Class
(רב-סמל (רס"ל 		Staff Sergeant
(סמל ראשון (סמ"ר 		Sergeant
סמל 		Corporal
(רב טוראי (רב"ט 		Private
טוראי


 Japan Air Force[2]
[]
空曹長
Kūsōchō 		1等空曹
Ittō kūsō 		2等空曹
Nitō kūsō 		3等空曹
Santō kūsō 		空士長
Kūshichō 		1等空士
Ittō kūshi 		2等空士
Nitō kūshi 		自衛官候補生
Jieikan kōhosei
Jordan Jordan
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent
Senior Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private


Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Master Sergeant
Шебер-сержант 		Staff Sergeant
Штаб-сержант 		Sergeant First Class
Бiрiншi сыныпты сержант 		Sergeant Second Class
Екiншi сыныпты сержант 		Sergeant Third Class
Үшiншi сыныпты сержант 		Senior Sergeant
Аға сержант 		Sergeant
Сержант 		Junior sergeant
Кiшi сержант 		Gefreiter
Ефрейтор 		Ordinary Soldier
Қатардағы жауынгер


North Korea North Korea
(Edit) 		No equivalent
T'ŭkmu-sangsa
특무상사 		Sangsa
상사 		Chungsa
중사 		Hasa
하사 		Sanggŭp-pyŏngsa
상급병사 		Chungŭp-pyŏngsa
중급병사 		Hagŭp-pyŏngsa
하급병사 		Chŏnsa
전사
Sergeant Major Master Sergeant Sergeant First Class Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Airman First Class Airman


 South Korea Air Force[3]
[]
원사
Wonsa 		상사
Sangsa 		중사
Jungsa 		하사
Hasa 		병장
Byeongjang 		상등병
Sangdeungbyeong 		일등병
Ildeungbyeong 		이등병
Ideungbyeong
Kuwait Kuwait
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Chief Warrant Officer
وکیل اول 		Warrant Officer
وکیل 		Sergeant First Class
رقیب اول 		Sergeant
رقیب 		Corporal
عریف 		Airman 1st Class
وکیل عریف 		Airman
جندي‎‎


Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent
Master Sergeant First Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Private First Class Private


Lao People's Liberation Air Force[4]
[]
ວາທີ
Va thi 		ສິບເອກ
Sib ek 		ສິບໂທ
Sib oth 		ສິບຕີ
Sib ti 		ຊັ້ນຫນຶ່ງ
Sannung 		ຊັ້ນສອງ
Sansong
Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Lebanon Lebanon
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer First Adjutant Adjutant Sergeant First Class Sergeant Corporal First Class Corporal Private First Class Private


Malaysia Malaysia
(Edit) 		Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army Warrant Officer Class 2 Flight Sergeant Sergeant No equivalent Corporal Lance Corporal No insignia No insignia
Pegawai Waran Udara I
Warrant Officer Class 1 		Pegawai Waran Udara II
Warrant Officer Class 2 		Flait Sarjan
Flight Sergeant 		Sarjan Udara
Sergeant 		Koperal Udara
Corporal 		Laskar Udara Kanan
Leading Aircraftman 		Laskar Udara I
Aircraftman First Class 		Laskar Udara II
Aircraftman Second Class 		Perajurit Muda
Recruit


Maldives Maldives No air force


Mongolia Mongolia
(Edit) 		Mongolian Air force-SGM-service Mongolian Air force-MSG-service Mongolian Air force-SSG-service Mongolian Air force-SGT-service Mongolian Air force-JSG-service Mongolian Army-SCP-field Mongolian Army-CPL-field Mongolian Army-JCP-field Mongolian Army-PFC-field Mongolian Army-PVT-field
Sergeant major
Тэргүүн ахлагч 		Master sergeant
Cургагч ахлагч 		Senior sergeant
Aхлах ахлагч 		Sergeant
Aхлагч 		Junior sergeant
Дэд ахлагч 		Senior corporal
Ахлах түрүүч 		Corporal
Түрүүч 		Junior corporal
Дэд түрүүч 		Senior private
Ахлах байлдагч 		Private
Байлдагч


Myanmar Myanmar
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Warrant officer Master Sergeant Staff sergeant Sergeant Corporal Senior Aircraftman Aircraftman

Template:Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Air Forces/OR/Nepal

Oman Oman
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia
Warrant officer
وکیل اول 		Master Sergeant
وکیل 		Flight sergeant
رقیب اول 		Staff Sergeant
رقیب 		Sergeant
رقیب 		Corporal
عریف 		Leading aircraftman
وکیل عریف 		Aircraftman
جندي‎‎


 Pakistan Air Force
[]
Chief warrant officer Warrant officer Assistant warrant officer Senior technician Corporal technician Junior technician Senior aircraftman Leading aircraftman Aircraftman
 Philippines Air Force[5]
[]
Chief master sergeant Senior master sergeant Master sergeant Technical sergeant Staff sergeant Sergeant Airman first class Airman second class Airman
Qatar Qatar
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia
Warrant Officer Class I
(وكيل ضابط اول) 		Warrant Officer Class II
(وكيل ضابط ثاني) 		Staff Sergeant
(رقيب) 		Sergeant
(نائب) 		Corporal
(عريف) 		Lance Corporal
(وكيل عريف) 		Aircraftman
(جندي)


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted
Russia Russia
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Ста́рший пра́порщик
Senior warrant officer 		Пра́порщик
Warrant officer 		Старшина́
Starshina 		Ста́рший сержа́нт
Senior sergeant 		Сержа́нт
Sergeant 		Мла́дший сержа́нт
Junior sergeant 		Ефре́йтор
Yefreytor 		Рядово́й
Ryadovoy


Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia
Warrant Officer Senior Master Sergeant Master Sergeant Technical Sergeant Staff Sergeant Senior Airman Airman First Class Airman


Singapore Singapore
(Edit) 		No insignia No insignia
Master Sergeant Staff Sergeant First Sergeant Second Sergeant Third Sergeant Corporal First Class Corporal Lance Corporal Private First Class Private Recruit


Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Master Warrant Officer Warrant officer Flight sergeant Sergeant Corporal Leading Aircraftman Aircraftman


Syria Syria
(Edit) 		No equivalent No insignia
Warrant officer 1st class
مساعد أول 		Warrant officer 2nd class
مساعد ثاني 		Warrant officer 3rd class
مساعد 		Sergeant Major
رقيب أول 		Flight Sergeant
رقيب ثاني 		Sergeant
رقيب 		Corporal
عريف 		Airman 1st class
جندي أول 		Airman
جندي


Tajikistan Tajikistan
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Warrant Officer Master Sergeant Senior Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Senior Airman Airman


Thailand Thailand
(Edit) 		Flight Sergeant 1st Class Flight Sergeant 1st Class Flight Sergeant 2nd Class Flight Sergeant 3rd Class No equivalent Sergeant Corporal No equivalent Leading Aircraftman No insignia
พันจ่าอากาศเอกพิเศษ พันจ่าอากาศเอก พันจ่าอากาศโท พันจ่าอากาศตรี จ่าอากาศเอก จ่าอากาศโท จ่าอากาศตรี พลทหาร
'Special'
Flight Sergeant 1st Class 		Flight Sergeant 1st Class Flight Sergeant 2nd Class Flight Sergeant 3rd Class Sergeant Corporal Leading Aircraftman Aircraftman


East Timor Timor-Leste No air force


Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
(Edit) 		No equivalent
Senior warrant officer Warrant officer Starshina Senior sergeant Sergeant Junior sergeant Gefreiter Private


United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
(Edit) 		No equivalent No equivalent No equivalent No insignia
Master Sergeant Sergeant First Class Sergeant Corporal Private First Class Private


Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
(Edit) 		No equivalent
No equivalent
Senior Sergeant Sergeant Junior Sergeant Private First Class Private


 Vietnam Air Force[6]
[]
Thượng sĩ Trung sĩ Hạ sĩ Binh nhất Binh nhì
Yemen Yemen
(Edit) 		No equivalent
No equivalent No insignia
Warrant officer Flight sergeant Sergeant Senior Airman Airman First Class Airman
جندي‎‎


Rank group Senior NCOs Junior NCOs Enlisted

See also[]

Military ranks and insignia by country
Africa
States with
limited recognition
  • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
  • Somaliland
    • Former
    Comparative
    Americas
    Former
  • Canada (pre-Unification)
  • Confederate States of America
  • Union
  • Costa Rica
  • Republic of Cuba
  • Empire of Brazil
  • Panama
  • Republic of Texas
  • United States Army enlisted
    • Comparative
    Asia
    States with
    limited recognition
  • Abkhazia
  • Artsakh
  • Palestine
  • South Ossetia
  • Taiwan (Republic of China)
    • Former
    Comparative
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air force
    • Europe
    States with
    limited recognition
  • Kosovo
  • Northern Cyprus
  • Transnistria
    • Former
    Comparative
    Oceania
    Comparative
    Language
    Anglophone
    Arabophone
    Francophone
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air force
  • Gendarmerie
    • Officers
    • Enlisted
    • Hispanophone
    Lusophone
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air force
  • Military police
    • Post-Soviet states
    Commonwealth of Nations
    European Union
    NATO
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    1. ↑ "Lùhǎikōng jūnfú zhì tiáolì fù tú". 7 November 1996. pp. 65-67. https://www.president.gov.tw/Portals/0/Bulletins/paper/PDF/6769-2.PDF. 
    2. ↑ "自衛官の階級" (in ja). Japanese Ministry of Defense. https://www.mod.go.jp/j/profile/mod_sdf/class/. 
    3. ↑ "gyegeubjang-ui jesig(je7joje2hang gwanlyeon)" (in ko). https://www.law.go.kr/lsSc.do?section=&menuId=1&subMenuId=15&tabMenuId=81&eventGubun=060101&query=%EA%B5%B0%EC%9D%B8%EB%B3%B5%EC%A0%9C%EB%A0%B9#AJAX. 
    4. ↑ "ທະນບາຊນ ູ ່ ັ້ນາຍ ແລະ ພນທະຫານ ົ ກອງທບັປະຊາຊນລາວ" (in lo). Ministry of Defence (Laos). http://www.mod.gov.la/logosdetail.php. 
    5. ↑ "Ranks". Philippine Air Force. https://www.paf.mil.ph/ranks. 
    6. ↑ "Quy định quân hiệu, cấp hiệu, phù hiệu và lễ phục của Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam" (in vi). Ministry of Defence (Vietnam). 26 August 2009. http://www.mod.gov.vn/wps/portal/!ut/p/b1/vZTbcqJAEIafJQ9gMcOZSxiOg6AcBW4sEVSECEEU5OmXbLJbm9RuvMk6fdVVf9fX_c_0EAkREclpcy32m66oT5vqNU_YtSraLi9BEQDgMcCgRDOYC1MicpMgngRIE3WamwPAz7VJIOqBKzgUBUTqY_2C0_mpHiGGCikIJECsiOgY0wM6W70i-ruynFfb1fYQX7ZNdtn5qHA8c6zP5WWtN7JZeulq7Id0jm6zQejicQQsiZnxbA4Q57NTs-r7sKUaVLQlv5USsiPHDjJShYe9dkQvriL39cy8OujA12x08P2QCfHIXDr1KPJw3aZRs1ueQ_tk1k_vs4F_HBHcm-2t_gvBHW9XRPJRoomhCgzsARFxDIlo7l3wlf0_BV_MEE8C7o8mfZ6bujBCgZZpCESW8IkI0GvveGuMsRzdI-iBPzrQBh0GXGhZnB7YQYXtbAE9ObRgG_RWig3Lx5Y3BqQn6MssdANJlOTL3r_eA3KPBjL_G6gt9Ndb8zHjLRwS0NSDJ3TobwdiItlXdTp9EGESU5JcG72ieOtDsFh6TK4Vy7piTSpNvZtbVTG5P_HXbTEfbE3I8eGUsfDs3MJcRU1WvTi52SWXoj-uFptwE0eD1SaoWy27ss1UyzsBf5fBgyr07TEdcUpK82dnN-SoyGZNv0CIXxou1HKc-HzKIoVLcXNBNuhNeNhYAPdT3oc2ZexMrbAYdqf6oTq-bBF5fiJsvX7OP9v3aRGdvz2QwVb6wR-xAUswWEHr2r5yswTJ9mXlBgJoW21meWUNvbIxz538yz4v4oToDpClHwx0uP8N_LwC4NGWst8ObJ6DqzlnXX2MfkeuXZ_fYv_0AytYOeM!/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/. 
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