Ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Officers
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[edit] 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 | OF-D- | Student Officer | |||
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No Equivalent |  Général Generaal |
 Lieutenant général Luitenant-generaal |
 Général-major Generaal-majoor |
 Général de Brigade Brigadegeneraal |
 Colonel Kolonel |
 Lieutenant-colonel Luitenant-kolonel |
 Major Majoor |
 Capitaine-commandant Kapitein-commandant  Capitaine Kapitein |
 Lieutenant Luitenant |
 Sous-lieutenant Onderluitenant |
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 Canada (Edit) |
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| General Général |
Lieutenant General Lieutenant-général |
Major General Major-général |
Brigadier General Brigadier-général |
Colonel Colonel |
Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant-colonel |
Major Major |
Captain Capitaine |
Lieutenant Lieutenant |
Second Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant |
Officer Cadet Eleve-Officier |
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 Czech Republic (Edit) |
No Equivalent | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 22.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 25.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 18.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 21.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 20.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 17.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 16.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 15.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 19.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 14.gif | Image:Czech-airforce-since-1995 11.gif | No Equivalent | ||
| armádní generál | generálporučík | generálmajor | brigádní generál | plukovník | podplukovník | major | kapitán | nadporučík | poručík | podporučík | |||||
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| General | Generalløjtnant | Generalmajor | Brigadegeneral | Oberst | Oberstløjtnant | Major | Kaptajn | Premierløjtnant |
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 Germany(Edit) |
No Equivalent | Image:GE-Air Force-OF9.gif General |
Image:GE-Air Force-OF8.gif Generalleutnant |
Image:GE-Air Force-OF7.gif Generalmajor |
Image:GE-Air Force-OF6.gif Brigadegeneral |
Image:GE-Air Force-OF5.gif Oberst |
Image:GE-Air Force-OF4.gif Oberstleutnant |
Image:GE-Air Force-OF3.gif Major |
Stabshauptmann Hauptmann |
Oberleutnant |
Leutnant |
Image:GE-Air Force-OFDa.gif Oberfähnrich Image:GE-Air Force-OFDb.gif Fähnrich |
Image:GE-Air Force-OFDc.gif Fahnenjunker Alternative: enlisted rank plus bottom thin silver cord indicating cadet's career |
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 Greece(Edit) |
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 Iceland(Edit) |
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 Italy(Edit) |
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| Generale | Generale di Squadra Aerea | Generale di Divisione Aerea | Generale di Brigata Aerea | Colonnello | Tenente Colonnello | Maggiore | Capitano | Tenente | Sottotenente | ||||||
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 Luxembourg(Edit) |
No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | No Air Force | ||
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 Netherlands(Edit) |
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| Generaal | Luitenant-generaal | Generaal-majoor | Commodore | Kolonel | Luitenant-kolonel | Majoor | Kapitein | Eerste-luitenant |
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 Poland(Edit) |
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| Generał | Generał broni | Generał dywizji | Generał brygady | Pułkownik | Podpułkownik | Major | Kapitan (rank) | Porucznik | Podporucznik | ||||||
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 Portugal(Edit) [1] |
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| Marechal1 | General | Tenente-General | Major-General | Brigadeiro-General | Coronel | Tenente-Coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes | Aspirante-a-oficial | Cadete | |||
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 Romania(Edit) |
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| General | General-locotenent | General-maior | General de flotilă aeriană | Comandor | Căpitan-comandor | Locotenent-comandor | Căpitan | Locotenent | Sublocotenent | ||||||
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 Spain(Edit) |
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| Capitán GeneralNote | General del Aire | Teniente General | General de División | General de Brigada | Coronel | Teniente Coronel | Comandante | Capitán | Teniente | Alférez | |||||
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| Marshal of the Royal Air Force1 | 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 or Student Officer | |||
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 United States(Edit) |
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| General of the Air Force1 | General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | Cadet/Officer Candidate | ||||
| NATO Code | OF-10 | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | OF-D- | Student Officer | |||
- 1 Honorary/War time rank.
- 2 The higher stripe of the rank has a red outline.
Note that the NATO officer rank codes (OF-1 to OF-10) are differently numbered from the US officer rank codes (O-1 to O-11).
[edit] See also
- Air force officer rank insignia
- NATO
- Ranks and insignia of NATO
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Armies Officers
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Armies Enlisted
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Officers
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Enlisted
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Navies Officers
- Ranks and insignia of NATO Navies Enlisted
[edit] External links
- History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance - UK Government site
- uniforminsignia.net
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