Ranks and insignia of NATO air forces officers

The following table lists the ranks and insignia of officers in NATO air forces.

Officers (OF 1–10)[]

NATO code

OF-10

OF-9

OF-8

OF-7

OF-6

OF-5

OF-4

OF-3

OF-2

OF-1

Albania Air Force^[1]

Belgian Air Force^[2]

Général

Lieutenant général

Général-major

Général de Brigade

Colonel

Lieutenant-colonel

Major

Capitaine-commandant

Capitaine

Lieutenant

Sous-lieutenant

General

Generalleutnant

Generalmajor

Brigadegeneral

Oberst

Oberstleutnant

Major

Stabshauptmann

Hauptmann

Leutnant

Unterleutnant

Bulgaria Air Force^[3]

Генерал
General

Генерал-лейтенант
General-leytenant

Генерал-майор
General-mayor

Бригаден генерал
Brigaden general

Полковник
Polkovnik

Подполковник
Podpolkovnik

Майор
Mayor

Капитан
Kapitan

Старши лейтенант
Starshi leytenant

Лейтенант
Leytenant

Royal Canadian Air Force^[4]^[5]

Général(e)

Lieutenant(e)-général(e)

Major(e)-général(e)

Brigadier(ère)-général(e)

Colonel(le)

Lieutenant(e)-colonel(le)

Major(e)

Capitaine

Lieutenant(e)

Sous-lieutenant(e)

Croatia (Edit)

No equivalent

Stožerni general

General zbora

General pukovnik

General bojnik

Brigadni general

Brigadir

Pukovnik

Bojnik

Satnik

Natporučnik

Poručnik

Czech Republic Air Force^[6]

Denmark
(Edit)

No equivalent

Estonia Air Force^[7]

Kindral

Kindralleitnant

Kindralmajor

Brigaadikindral

Kolonel

Kolonelleitnant

Major

Kapten

Leitnant

Nooremleitnant

Lipnik

NATO code

OF-10

OF-9

OF-8

OF-7

OF-6

OF-5

OF-4

OF-3

OF-2

OF-1

Finland Air Force^[8]

Kapteeni

Yliluutnantti

Kapten

France
(Edit)

No equivalent

Général d´armée aérienne

Général de corps aérien

Général de division aérienne

Général de brigade aérienne

Germany Air Force^[9]

Greece Air Force^[10]

Πτέραρχος
Pterarchos

Αντιπτέραρχος
Antipterarchos

Υποπτέραρχος
Ypopterarchos

Ταξίαρχος
Taxiarchos

Σμήναρχος
Sminarchos

Αντισμήναρχος
Antisminarchos

Επισμηναγός
Episminagos

Σμηναγός
Sminagos

Υποσμηναγός
Yposminagos

Ανθυποσμηναγός
Anthyposminagos

Hungary
(Edit)

No equivalent

No insignia

Vezérezredes

Altábornagy

Vezérőrnagy

Dandártábornok

Ezredes

Alezredes

Őrnagy

Százados

Főhadnagy

Hadnagy

Honvédtisztjelölt

Iceland
(Edit)

No Air Force

Italy
(Edit)

No equivalent


generale di squadra aerea con incarichi speciali	generale di squadra aerea


primo capitano	capitano

NO equivalent

No equivalent

generale
awarded only to the Chief of Defense Staff

generale di divisione aerea

generale di brigata aerea

colonnello

tenente colonnello

maggiore

tenente

sottotenente

Latvia Air Force^[11]

NATO code

OF-10

OF-9

OF-8

OF-7

OF-6

OF-5

OF-4

OF-3

OF-2

OF-1

Lithuania Air Force^[12]

Generolas

Generolas leitenantas

Generolas majoras

Brigados generolas

Pulkininkas

Pulkininkas leitenantas

Majoras

Kapitonas

Vyresnysis leitenantas

Leitenantas

Luxembourg
(Edit)

No Air Force

Montenegro
(Edit)

No equivalent

General Pukovnik

General Potpukovnik

General Major

Brigardir

Pukovnik

Potpukovnik

Major

Kapetan

Poručnik

Potporučnik

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Netherlands
(Edit)

No equivalent

Generaal

Luitenant-generaal

Generaal-majoor

Commodore

Kolonel

Luitenant-kolonel

Majoor

Kapitein

Eerste-luitenant

Tweede-luitenant

Vaandrig

Norway Air Force^[13]

General

Generalløytnant

Generalmajor

Brigader

Oberst

Oberstløytnant

Major

Kaptein

Løytnant

Fenrik

Poland
(Edit)

No equivalent

Various

Podchorąży

Portugal
(Edit)
[1]

Vários

Marechal¹

General

Tenente-
-General

Major-
-General

Brigadeiro-
-General

Coronel

Tenente-
-Coronel

Major

Capitão

Tenente

Alferes

Aspirante-a-Oficial

Cadete-
-Aluno

NATO code

OF-10

OF-9

OF-8

OF-7

OF-6

OF-5

OF-4

OF-3

OF-2

OF-1

Romania
(Edit)

No Equivalent

Mareșal¹

General

General-locotenent

General-maior

General de flotilă aeriană

Comandor

Căpitan-comandor

Locotenent-comandor

Căpitan

Locotenent

Sublocotenent

Slovakia
(Edit)

No equivalent

Generál

Generálporučík^{[note 1]}

Generálmajor

Brigádny Generál

Plukovník

Podplukovník

Major

Kapitán

Nadporučík

Poručík

Slovenia
(Edit)

No equivalent

General polkovnik

Generalpodpolkovnik

Generalmajor

Brigadir General

Polkovnik

Podpolkovnik

Major

Stotnik

Nadporočnik

Poročnik

Spain
(Edit)

Capitán General ^Note

General del Aire

Teniente General

General de División

General de Brigada

Coronel

Teniente Coronel

Comandante

Capitán

Teniente

Alférez

Oficial Cadete

Alumno

^Note Rank reserved to H.M. The King of Spain.

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Turkey
(Edit)

Orgeneral

Korgeneral

Tümgeneral

Tuğgeneral

Albay

Yarbay

Binbaşı

Yüzbaşı

Üsteğmen

Teğmen

Asteğmen

No
insignia
Öğrenci

United Kingdom
(Edit)

Marshal of the Royal Air Force¹

United States Air Force^[14]

General of the Air Force

United States Space Force^[14]

NATO code

OF-10

OF-9

OF-8

OF-7

OF-6

OF-5

OF-4

OF-3

OF-2

OF-1

Warrant officers (WO-1 – 5)[]

Warrant officers (WOs) and chief warrant officers (CWOs) in the US military rank below officers but above officer candidates and enlisted servicemen. The first warrant officer rank, WO1 does not have a "commission" associated with it, instead having a "warrant" from the secretary of the army. Warrant officers are allowed the same courtesies as a commissioned officer, but may have some restrictions on their duties that are reserved for commissioned officers. Warrant officers usually receive a commission once they are promoted to chief warrant officer 2 (CW2/CWO2). WO1s may be appointed by commission as stated in title 10 USC.

NATO rank	WO-5	WO-4	WO-3	WO-2	WO-1
United States Air Force [ v t e ]
United States Air Force [ v t e ]	Chief warrant officer 5		Chief warrant officer 4		Chief warrant officer 3	Chief warrant officer 2	Warrant officer 1
NATO rank	WO-5	WO-4	WO-3	WO-2	WO-1

Notes[]

↑ The appropriate branch of service badge is pinned just under the top button of the for all ranks excluding full General.

References[]

↑ "GRADAT, FORCA AJRORE" (in sq). https://aaf.mil.al/gradat/1466-gradat-e-fa.
↑ "IPR Luchtcomponent" (in nl). http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=2&IDT=3.
↑ "ЗАКОН ЗА ОТБРАНАТА И ВЪОРЪЖЕНИТЕ СИЛИ НА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ" (in bg). Глава седма. ВОЕННА СЛУЖБА. 12 May 2009. https://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135631954.
↑ "Ranks and appointment". Government of Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/rank-appointment-insignia.html.
↑ "The Canadian Armed Forces modernizes military ranks in French". Government of Canada. 3 February 2022. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2022/02/caf-modernizes-military-ranks-french.html.
↑ "Ranks". Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic. 2018. https://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=49065.
↑ "Sümboolika: Õhuväe Auastmed" (in et). Estonian Defence Forces. https://mil.ee/kaitsevagi/kaitsevae-symboolika/#t-ohuvae-auastmed.
↑ "Sotilasarvot Puolustusvoimissa" (in fi). Finnish Defence Forces. https://puolustusvoimat.fi/sotilasarvot.
↑ "Dienstgradabzeichen Luftwaffe" (in de). Bundeswehr. https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/aktuelles/mediathek/dienstgradabzeichen-luftwaffe-69060.
↑ "Διακριτικά" (in el). Hellenic Air Force. https://www.haf.gr/staff/ranks/.
↑ "Noteikumi par karavīra formas tērpiem un atšķirības zīmēm" (in lv). Latvijas Vēstnesis. 14 January 2020. https://likumi.lv/ta/id/311981.
↑ "Krašto apsaugos sistemos karių uniformų skiriamųjų ženklų etalonų ir jų dėvėjimo tvarkos aprašo 2 priedas" (in lt). https://www.e-tar.lt/rs/lasupplement/f2a16ba0646e11efafbb8694c098bac5/0b0a9720650511efafbb8694c098bac5/format/ISO_PDF/.
↑ "Militære grader" (in no). Norwegian Armed Forces. 13 October 2023. https://www.forsvaret.no/om-forsvaret/uniformer-grader-medaljer/grader.
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 "U.S. Military Rank Insignia". Department of Defense. https://www.defense.gov/Resources/Insignia/.

Davis, Brian L. (1988). NATO Forces: An Illustrated Reference to Their Organization and Insignia. Blandford Press. ISBN 0-7137-1737-8. https://archive.org/details/natoforcesillust00davi/mode/2up. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

External links[]

History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance—UK Government site

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[14] The appropriate branch of service badge is pinned just under the top button of the for all ranks excluding full General.

[Albanian_AirForce-1] "GRADAT, FORCA AJRORE" (in sq). https://aaf.mil.al/gradat/1466-gradat-e-fa.

[Belgium_AirForce-2] "IPR Luchtcomponent" (in nl). http://www.mil.be/def/ranks/index.asp?LAN=nl&ID=1&IDS=2&IDT=3.

[Bulgaria-3] "ЗАКОН ЗА ОТБРАНАТА И ВЪОРЪЖЕНИТЕ СИЛИ НА РЕПУБЛИКА БЪЛГАРИЯ" (in bg). Глава седма. ВОЕННА СЛУЖБА. 12 May 2009. https://www.lex.bg/bg/laws/ldoc/2135631954.

[Canada-4] "Ranks and appointment". Government of Canada. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence/caf/military-identity-system/rank-appointment-insignia.html.

[CA-Female-5] "The Canadian Armed Forces modernizes military ranks in French". Government of Canada. 3 February 2022. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/maple-leaf/defence/2022/02/caf-modernizes-military-ranks-french.html.

[Czech_Republic-6] "Ranks". Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic. 2018. https://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=49065.

[Estonia_AirForce-7] "Sümboolika: Õhuväe Auastmed" (in et). Estonian Defence Forces. https://mil.ee/kaitsevagi/kaitsevae-symboolika/#t-ohuvae-auastmed.

[Finland-8] "Sotilasarvot Puolustusvoimissa" (in fi). Finnish Defence Forces. https://puolustusvoimat.fi/sotilasarvot.

[Germany_AirForce-9] "Dienstgradabzeichen Luftwaffe" (in de). Bundeswehr. https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/aktuelles/mediathek/dienstgradabzeichen-luftwaffe-69060.

[Greece_AirForce-10] "Διακριτικά" (in el). Hellenic Air Force. https://www.haf.gr/staff/ranks/.

[Latvia-11] "Noteikumi par karavīra formas tērpiem un atšķirības zīmēm" (in lv). Latvijas Vēstnesis. 14 January 2020. https://likumi.lv/ta/id/311981.

[Lithuania-12] "Krašto apsaugos sistemos karių uniformų skiriamųjų ženklų etalonų ir jų dėvėjimo tvarkos aprašo 2 priedas" (in lt). https://www.e-tar.lt/rs/lasupplement/f2a16ba0646e11efafbb8694c098bac5/0b0a9720650511efafbb8694c098bac5/format/ISO_PDF/.

[Norway-13] "Militære grader" (in no). Norwegian Armed Forces. 13 October 2023. https://www.forsvaret.no/om-forsvaret/uniformer-grader-medaljer/grader.

[Dod_Ranks-15] 14.0 ^14.1 "U.S. Military Rank Insignia". Department of Defense. https://www.defense.gov/Resources/Insignia/.

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Contents

Officers (OF 1–10)[]

Warrant officers (WO-1 – 5)[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]