Comparative air force officer ranks of Asia

Rank comparison chart of air forces of Asian states.

Officers

Equivalent 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
Afghanistan (Edit)																			Unknown
Afghanistan (Edit)	General of the Air Force مارشال	General ستار جنرال		Lieutenant General دگار جنرال	Major General توران جنرال	Brigadier General برید جنرال		Colonel دگاروال		Lieutenant Colonel دگارمان		Major جاگران	Captain جاگ توران	Junior Captain توران	First Lieutenant لمری بریدمان	Second Lieutenant دواهوم بریدمان		Junior Second Lieutenant دریوم بریدمان	Unknown
Armenia (Edit)	No Equivalent																		Unknown
Armenia (Edit)	No Equivalent	Army general (Բանակի գեներալ)		Colonel general (գեներալ- գնդապետ)	Lieutenant general (գեներալ- լեյտենանտ)	Major general (գեներալ-մայոր)		Colonel (գնդապետ)		Lieutenant Colonel (գնդապետ-լեյտենանտ)		Major (մայոր)	Captain (կապիտան)		Senior Lieutenant (ավագ լեյտենանտ)	Lieutenant (լեյտենանտ)		Junior Lieutenant (կրտսեր լեյտենանտ)	Unknown
Azerbaijan (Edit)	No Equivalent																		Unknown
Azerbaijan (Edit)	No Equivalent			general-polkovnik	general-leytenant	general-mayor		polkovnik		polkovnik-leytenant		mayor	kapitan		baş leytenant	leytenant		kiçik leytenant	Unknown
Bahrain (Edit)																			No Equivalent
Bahrain (Edit)	Air Marshal مشير	General فريق أول		Lieutenant General فريق	Major General لواء	Brigadier General عميد		Colonel عقيد		Lieutenant Colonel مقدم		Major رائد	Captain نقيب		First Lieutenant ملازم أول		Second Lieutenant ملازم ثاني
Bangladesh (Edit)	No Equivalent
Bangladesh (Edit)	No Equivalent	Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal	Air Vice-Marshal	Air Commodore		Group Captain		Wing Commander		Squadron Leader	Flight Lieutenant		Flying Officer		Pilot Officer
Brunei (Edit)
Brunei (Edit)	Air Marshal	General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain		First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Officer Cadet
Cambodia (Edit)	No Equivalent																		No Equivalent
Cambodia (Edit)	No Equivalent	General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain		1st Lieutenant		2nd Lieutenant		No Equivalent
People's Republic of China (Edit)	No Equivalent
People's Republic of China (Edit)	No Equivalent	General 上将		Lieutenant General 中将	Major General 少将	Colonel Commandant 大校		Colonel 上校		Lieutenant Colonel 中校		Major 少校	Captain 上尉		First Lieutenant 中尉		Second Lieutenant 少尉		Officer Cadet 学员
Republic of China (Edit)	No equivalent					No equivalent
Republic of China (Edit)	No equivalent	Full General 一級上將	General 二級上將	Lieutenant General 中將	Major General 少將^[1]	No equivalent		Colonel 上校^[1]		Lieutenant Colonel 中校		Major 少校	Captain 上尉		First Lieutenant 中尉		Second Lieutenant 少尉		Officer cadet 軍校生
India (Edit)																			Unknown
India (Edit)	Marshal of the IAF	Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal	Air Vice-Marshal	Air Commodore		Group Captain		Wing Commander		Squadron Leader	Flight Lieutenant		Flying Officer				Unknown
Indonesia (Edit)
	Marsekal Besar	Marsekal		Marsekal Madya	Marsekal Muda	Marsekal Pertama		Kolonel		Letnan Kolonel		Mayor	Kapten		Letnan Satu		Letnan Dua
	Marshal of the Air Force	Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal	Air Vice Marshal	Air Commodore		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain		Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant
Iran (Edit)	No equivalent																		Unknown
Iran (Edit)	No equivalent	General ارتشبد		Lieutenant General سپهبد	Major General سرلشکر	Brigadier General سرتیپ	Second Brigadier General سرتیپ دوم	Colonel سرهنگ		Lieutenant Colonel سرهنگ دوم		Major سرگرد	Captain سروان		First Lieutenant ستوان یکم	Second Lieutenant ستوان دوم		Third Lieutenant ستوان سوم	Unknown
Israel (Edit)	No Equivalent																		Unknown
Israel (Edit)	No Equivalent			Rav aluf Chief General	Aluf General	Tat aluf Subordinate General		Aluf mishne Junior General		Sgan aluf Deputy General		Rav seren Chief Captain / Commander	Seren Captain / Commander		Segen Deputy		Segen mishne Junior Deputy		Unknown
Equivalent 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
Japan (Edit)	No equivalent					No equivalent													No equivalent
Japan (Edit)	No equivalent	General 統合・航空幕僚長たる空将		Lieutenant General 空将	Major General 空将補	No equivalent		Colonel 1等空佐		Lieutenant Colonel 2等空佐		Major 3等空佐	Captain 1等空尉		First lieutenant 2等空尉		Second lieutenant 3等空尉		No equivalent
Jordan (Edit)
Jordan (Edit)	Air Marshal مشير	General فريق أول		Lieutenant General فريق	Major General لواء	Brigadier General عميد		Colonel عقيد		Lieutenant Colonel مقدم		Major رائد	Captain نقيب		First Lieutenant ملازم أول		Second Lieutenant ملازم ثاني		Officer Cadet تلميذ مرشح
North Korea (Edit)	No equivalent																		Unknown
North Korea (Edit)	No equivalent	General of the Air Force (대장)		Colonel General (상장)	Lieutenant General (중장)	Major General (소장)		Senior Colonel (대좌)	Colonel (상좌)	Lieutenant Colonel (중좌)		Major (소좌)	Captain (대위)		First Lieutenant (상위)	Second Lieutenant (중위)		Third Lieutenant (소위)	Unknown
South Korea (Edit)																			Unknown
South Korea (Edit)	Marshal (원수)	General (대장)		Lieutenant General (중장)	Major General (소장)	Brigadier General (준장)		Colonel (대령)		Lieutenant Colonel (중령)		Major (소령)	Captain (대위)		Lieutenant (중위)		Junior Lieutenant (소위)		Unknown
Kuwait (Edit)	No equivalent																		No equivalent
Kuwait (Edit)	No equivalent	General (فريق أول)		Lieutenant General (فريق)	Major General (لواء)	Brigadier General (عميد)		Colonel (عقيد)		Lieutenant Colonel (مقدم)		Major (رائد)	Captain (نقيب)		First Lieutenant (ملازم أول)		Second Lieutenant (ملازم)		No equivalent
Laos (Edit)	No Equivalent																		Unknown
Laos (Edit)	No Equivalent	General (ພົນເອກ)		Lieutenant general (ພົນໂທ)	Major general (ພົນຕີ)	Brigadier general (ພົນຈັດຕະວາ)		Colonel (ພັນເອກ)		Lieutenant Colonel (ພັນໂທ)		Major (ພັນຕີ)	Captain (ຮ້ອຍເອກ)		Lieutenant (ຮ້ອຍໂທ)		Second Lieutenant (ຮ້ອຍຕີ)		Unknown
Lebanon (Edit)	No Equivalent																		No Equivalent
Lebanon (Edit)	No Equivalent	General فريق أول		Lieutenant General فريق	Major General لواء	Brigadier General عميد		Colonel عقيد		Lieutenant Colonel مقدم		Major رائد	Captain نقيب		First Lieutenant ملازم أول		Second Lieutenant ملازم ثاني		No Equivalent
Malaysia (Edit)																			No insignia
	Marshal of the Air Force	General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain		Lieutenant		Sublieutenant		Officer Cadet
	Marsyal Tentera Udara	Jeneral		Leftenan Jeneral	Mejar Jeneral	Brigedier Jeneral		Kolonel		Leftenan Kolonel		Mejar	Kapten		Leftenan		Leftenan Muda		Pegawai Kadet
Oman (Edit)																			No Equivalent
Oman (Edit)	Air Marshal مشير	General فريق أول		Lieutenant General فريق	Major General لواء	Brigadier General عميد		Colonel عقيد		Lieutenant Colonel مقدم		Major رائد	Captain نقيب		First Lieutenant ملازم أول		Second Lieutenant ملازم ثاني
Pakistan (Edit)	No Equivalent
Pakistan (Edit)	No Equivalent	Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal	Air Vice-Marshal	Air Commodore		Group Captain		Wing Commander		Squadron Leader	Flight Lieutenant		Flying Officer		Pilot Officer
Philippines (Edit)	No equivalent
Philippines (Edit)	No equivalent	General		Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major	Captain		First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant
Qatar (Edit)	No equivalent																		No equivalent
Qatar (Edit)	No equivalent	General (فريق أول)		Lieutenant General (فريق)	Major General (لواء)	Brigadier General (عميد)		Colonel (عقيد)		Lieutenant Colonel (مقدم)		Major (رائد)	Captain (نقيب)		First Lieutenant (ملازم أول)		Second Lieutenant (ملازم)		No equivalent
Russia (Edit)	No equivalent																		Unknown
Russia (Edit)	No equivalent	генера́л а́рмии General of the army		генера́л-полко́вник Colonel general	генера́л-лейтена́нт Lieutenant general	генера́л-майо́р Major general		полко́вник Colonel		подполко́вник Lieutenant colonel		майо́р Major	капита́н Captain		ста́рший лейтена́нт Senior lieutenant	лейтена́нт Lieutenant		мла́дший лейтена́нт Junior lieutenant	Unknown
Saudi Arabia (Edit)	No equivalent																		Unknown
Saudi Arabia (Edit)	No equivalent	Fariq Awwal (فريق أول‎‎)		Fariq (فريق)	Liwa (لواء)	Amid (عميد)		Aqid (عقيد)		Muqaddam (مقدم)		Raid (رائد)	Naqib (نقيب)		Mulazim Awwal (ملازم أول)		Mulazim (ملازم)		Unknown
Singapore (Edit)	No equivalent																		Unknown
Singapore (Edit)	No equivalent			Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general		Colonel		Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain		Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Unknown
Sri Lanka (Edit)	No equivalent
Sri Lanka (Edit)	No equivalent	Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal	Air Vice-Marshal	Air Commodore		Group Captain		Wing Commander		Squadron Leader	Flight Lieutenant		Flying Officer		Pilot Officer		Officer cadet
Syria (Edit)	No Equivalent																		Unknown
Syria (Edit)	No Equivalent	General (عماد أول)		Lieutenant general (عماد)	Major general (اللواء)	Brigadier general (عميد)		Colonel (عقيد)		Lieutenant colonel (مقدم)		Major (رائد)	Captain (نقيب)		First lieutenant (ملازم أول)		Second lieutenant (ملازم)		Unknown
Thailand (Edit)
	จอมพลอากาศ	พลอากาศเอก		พลอากาศโท	พลอากาศตรี	พลอากาศจัตวา		นาวาอากาศเอก		นาวาอากาศโท		นาวาอากาศตรี	เรืออากาศเอก		เรืออากาศโท		เรืออากาศตรี		นักเรียนนายเรืออากาศ
	Marshal of the Air Force	Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal	Air Vice Marshal	Air Comodore		Group Captain		Wing Commander		Squadron Leader	Flight Lieutenant		Flying Officer		Pilot Officer		Air Cadet
Vietnam (Edit)	No equivalent
Vietnam (Edit)	No equivalent	Colonel general (Thượng tướng)		Lieutenant General (Trung tướng)	Major General (Thiếu tướng)	Brigadier (Đại tá)		Colonel (Thượng tá)		Lieutenant Colonel (Trung tá)		Major (Thiếu tá)	Captain (Đại úy)		First Lieutenant (Thượng úy)	Lieutenant (Trung úy)		Junior Lieutenant (Thiếu úy)	Officer Cadet (Học viên Sĩ quan)
Equivalent 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

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros DR Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Army Navy Air Force Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Former	Biafra Bophuthatswana Kingdom of Egypt Ethiopian Empire Rhodesia Zaire
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Americas

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Army Navy Air Force Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Army Navy Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Suriname United States Officers: Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Enlisted: Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Other: Marine Corps Warrant officer Uruguay Venezuela
Former	United States Army enlisted World War I World War II
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Asia

Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Army Air Force Navy Bahrain Bangladesh Army Navy Air Force Bhutan Brunei Cambodia PR of China Army Navy Air Force Republic of China(Taiwan) Army Navy Air Force East Timor India Army Air Force Navy Indonesia Iran Armed Forces and Police Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea(North & South) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Army Navy Air Force Nepal Oman Pakistan Army Air Force Navy Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Army Navy Air Force Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Former	Democratic Kampuchea Imperial Japan Army Navy Mengjiang Manchukuo South Vietnam
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Europe

Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Army Navy Air Force Estonia Finland France Army Navy Gendarmerie Air Force Foresters Germany Rank information Rank insignia Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland Land Forces Coast Guard Ireland Italy Army Navy Air Force Carabinieri Finance Guard Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Army Navy Air Force Between 1994 and 2010 Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Army Navy Air Force Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Army officers Army other ranks Navy officers Navy ratings Air Force officers Air Force other ranks Vatican
Former	Austria–Hungary Czechoslovakia Hungarian People's Republic East Germany Nazi Germany Army Navy Air Force People's Militia SA SS Nazi Party Kingdom of Greece Army Navy Air Force Kingdom of Hungary Ottoman Empire Russian Empire Soviet Union 1918–35 1935–40 1940–43 1943–55 1955–91 Kingdom of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
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Oceania

Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea
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Commonwealth of Nations

NATO

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Comparative air force officer ranks of Asia

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See also