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Rank comparison chart of air forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.

Officers

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda No air force


 Royal Australian Air Force[1]
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


The Bahamas Bahamas No air force


 Bangladesh Air Force[2]
এয়ার চিফ মার্শাল
Ēẏāra cipha mārśāla 		এয়ার মার্শাল
Ēẏāra mārśāla 		এয়ার ভাইস মার্শাল
Ēẏāra bhā'isa mārśāla 		এয়ার কমোডোর
Ēẏāra kamōḍōra 		গ্রুপ ক্যাপ্টেন
Grupa kyāpṭēna 		উইং কমান্ডার
U'iṁ kamānḍāra 		স্কোয়াড্রন লীডার
Skōẏāḍrana līḍāra 		ফ্লাইট লেফটেন্যান্ট
Phlā'iṭa lēphaṭēn'yānṭa 		ফ্লাইং অফিসার
Phlā'iṁ aphisāra 		পাইলট অফিসার
Pā'ilaṭa aphisāra 		অফিসার ক্যাডেট
Aphisāra kyāḍēṭa


 Barbados No air force


Belize Defence Force Air Wing
 Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet
Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


 Botswana Defence Force Air Wing[3]
Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Royal Brunei Air Force
Marsyal udara Jeneral (udara) Leftenan jeneral (udara) Mejar jeneral (udara) Brigedier jeneral (udara) Kolonel (udara) Leftenan kolonel (udara) Mejar (udara) Kapten (udara) Leftenan (udara) Leftenan muda (udara)
 Cameroon Air Force
Général d'armée aérienne Général de corps aérien Général de division aérienne Général de brigade aérienne Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant
 Royal Canadian Air Force[4]
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


Cyprus Air Forces[5]
Ταξίαρχος
Taxíarchos 		Σμήναρχος
Smínarchos 		Αντισμήναρχος
Antismínarchos 		Επισμηναγός
Episminagós 		Σμηναγός
Sminagós 		Υποσμηναγός
Yposminagós 		Ανθυποσμηναγός
Anthyposminagós


 Dominica No air force


 Fiji No air force


 Gabonese Air Force
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant


 Ghana Air Force
Air Chief Marshal Air Marshal Air Vice-Marshal Air Commodore Group Captain Wing Commander Squadron Leader Flight Lieutenant Flying Officer Pilot Officer


 Grenada No air force

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Guyana Air Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer Cadet


 Indian Air Force[6]
Marshal of the Indian Air Force
मार्शल ऑफ द इंडियन एयरफोर्स 		Air chief marshal
एयर चीफ मार्शल 		Air marshal
एयर मार्शल 		Air vice marshal
एयर वाइस मार्शल 		Air commodore
एयर कमोडोर 		Group captain
ग्रुप कैप्टन 		Wing commander
विंग कमांडर 		Squadron leader
स्क्वाड्रन लीडर 		Flight lieutenant
फ्लाइट लैफ्टिनेंट 		Flying officer
फ्लाइंग अफसर 		Flight cadet
फ्लाइट कैडेट


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
 Jamaican Air Wing
Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet


 Kenya Air Force[7]
Commander-in-Chief General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant


 Kiribati No air force


Lesotho Lesotho Air Squadron
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant


Malawi Air Force
General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant


 Royal Malaysian Air Force[8]
 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


 Mauritius No air force


 Mozambique Air Force
Coronel General Tenente General Major General Coronel Tenente Coronel Major Capitão Tenente Alferes


 Namibian Air Force[9]
Chief air marshal Air marshal Air vice marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer


 Nauru No air force


 Royal New Zealand Air Force[10]
 Marshal of the RNZAF Air marshal Air vice-marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer
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


 Nigerian Air Force[11]
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


 Pakistan Air Force
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
سالار فضائیہ امیرسالار فضائیہ سالار فضائیہ سالار فضائیہ مقابل عَمِيد الفضاء سردار جماعت شارف الجناح قائدِ دستہ نقیبِ پرواز منصبِ طیار


Papua New Guinea Air Element
Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant Senior officer cadet Junior officer cadet


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet
 Rwandan Air Force[12]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant


 Saint Kitts and Nevis No air force


 Saint Lucia No air force


 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No air force


 Samoa No air force


Seychelles Seychelles Air Force[13]
Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer cadet


Sierra Leone Sierra Leone No air force


 Republic of Singapore Air Force[14]
 No insignia yet
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Officer cadet


 Solomon Islands No air force


 South African Air Force[15]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer candidate


 Sri Lanka Air Force[16]
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


Eswatini Swaziland No air force


 Tanzania Air Force
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Officer candidate


Togo Togolese Air Force[17]
Général de division aérienne Général de brigade aérienne Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant


 Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard[18]
Air vice marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer Officer cadet


 Tuvalu No air force


 Ugandan Air Force
General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Officer cadet


 Royal Air Force[19]
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


 Vanuatu No air force


 Zambian Air Force
General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant


Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet

See also

Notes

References

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  3. ^ "Ranks". Government of Botswana. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Βαθμοί" [Ranks]. army.gov.cy (in Greek). Cypriot National Guard. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. ^ "For Officers". careerairforce.nic.in. Indian Air Force. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Kenya Air Force commissioned officer's ranks". mod.go.ke. Ministry of Defence - Kenya. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Pangkat". mafhq.mil.my (in Malay). Malaysian Armed Forces. Archived from the original on 29 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Government Notice" (PDF). Government Gazette of the Republic of Namibia. Vol. 4547. 20 August 2010. pp. 99–102. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Badges of Rank" (PDF). nzdf.mil.nz. New Zealand Defence Force. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "RDF Insignia". mod.gov.rw. Government of the Republic of Rwanda. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Rank structure". spdf.sc. Seychelles People's Defence Forces. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  14. ^ "SAF Rank Insignias". mindef.gov.sg. Ministry of Defence (Singapore). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Rank Insignia". af.mil.za. Department of Defence (South Africa). Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Commissioned Officers". airforce.lk. Sri Lanka Air Force. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Journal officiel de la république togolaise" (PDF) (in French). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  18. ^ "Rank Chart (Commissioned Officers)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
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