Comparative air force officer ranks of Europe

Rank comparison chart of all air forces of European states.

Officers (OF 1–10)

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
Albania (Edit)	*No equivalent*															Unknown
Albania (Edit)	*No equivalent*		Gjenerallejtnant	Gjeneralmajor	Gjeneralbrigad	Kolonel	Nënkolonel	Major		Kapiten		Toger		Nëntoger		Unknown
Belarus (Edit)	No Equivalent															Unknown
Belarus (Edit)	No Equivalent		генерал-лейтенант	генерал-майор	бригаден генерал	полковник	подполковник	майор		капитан		старши лейтенант	лейтенант		Мл. лейтенант	Unknown
Belgium (Edit)	No Equivalent															No Equivalent
		Général	Lieutenant général	Général-major	Général de Brigade	Colonel	Lieutenant-colonel	Major	Capitaine-commandant	Capitaine		Lieutenant		Sous-lieutenant
		Generaal	Luitenant-generaal	Generaal-majoor	Brigadegeneraal	Kolonel	Luitenant-kolonel	Majoor	Kapitein-commandant	Kapitein		Luitenant		Onderluitenant
Bulgaria (Edit)	No Equivalent															No equivalent
Bulgaria (Edit)	No Equivalent	генерал	генерал-лейтенант	генерал-майор	бригаден генерал	полковник	подполковник	майор		капитан		старши лейтенант		лейтенант		No equivalent
Croatia (Edit)																No equivalent
Croatia (Edit)	Stožerni general	General zbora	General pukovnik	General bojnik	Brigadni general	Brigadir	Pukovnik	Bojnik		Satnik		Natporučnik		Poručnik		No equivalent
Czech Republic (Edit)	No equivalent															No equivalent
Czech Republic (Edit)	No equivalent	Armádní generál	Generálporučík	Generálmajor	Brigádní generál	Plukovník	Podplukovník	Major		Kapitán		Nadporučík		Poručík		No equivalent
Denmark (Edit)	No equivalent																		No equivalent
Denmark (Edit)	No equivalent	General	Generalløjtnant	Generalmajor	Brigadegeneral	Oberst	Oberstløjtnant	Major		Kaptajn		Premierløjtnant		Løjtnant		Sekondløjtnant			No equivalent
Estonia (Edit)	No Equivalent																		No Equivalent
		Kindral	Kindralleitnant	Kindralmajor	Brigaadikindral	Kolonel	Kolonelleitnant	Major		Kapten		Leitnant		Nooremleitnant		Lipnik
		General	Lieutenant General	Major General	Brigadier General	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel	Major		Captain		Lieutenant		Junior Lieutenant		Ensign
France (Edit)	No equivalent
France (Edit)	No equivalent	Général d´armée aérienne	Général de corps aérien	Général de division aérienne	Général de brigade aérienne	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel	Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant		Sous-Lieutenant		Aspirant			Élève-officier
Finland (Edit)	No equivalent
Finland (Edit)	No equivalent	Kenraali General	Kenraaliluutnantti Generallöjtnant	Kenraalimajuri Generalmajor	Prikaatikenraali Brigadgeneral	Eversti Överste	Everstiluutnantti Överstelöjtnant	Majuri Major		Kapteeni Kapten		Yliluutnantti Premiärlöjtnant	Luutnantti Löjtnant		Vänrikki Fänrik	Upseerikokelas Officersaspirant			Upseerioppilas Officerselev
Georgia (Edit)	No equivalent															Unknown
Georgia (Edit)	No equivalent	General (გენერალი)	Lieutenant General (გენერალ ლეიტენანტი)	Major General (გენერალ მაიორი)	Brigadier (ბრიგადის გენერალი)	Colonel (პოლკოვნიკი)	Lieutenant Colonel (ლეიტენანტ პოლკოვნიკი)	Major (მაიორი)		Captain (კაპიტანი)		Senior Lieutenant (უფროსი ლეიტენანტი)	Lieutenant (ლეიტენანტი)		Junior Lieutenant (უმცროსი ლეიტენანტი)	Unknown
Germany (Edit)	No Equivalent																		Enlisted rank plus bottom thin silver cord indicating cadet's career
Germany (Edit)	No Equivalent	General	Generalleutnant	Generalmajor	Brigadegeneral	Oberst	Oberstleutnant	Major		Stabshauptmann	Hauptmann	Oberleutnant		Leutnant		Oberfähnrich	Fähnrich	Fahnenjunker
Greece (Edit)	No equivalent															No equivalent
		Πτέραρχος	Αντιπτέραρχος	Υποπτέραρχος	Ταξίαρχος	Σμήναρχος	Αντισμήναρχος	Επισμηναγός		Σμηναγός		Υποσμηναγός		Ανθυποσμηναγός
		Pterarchos	Antipterarchos	Ypopterarchos	Taxiarchos	Sminarchos	Antisminarchos	Episminagos		Sminagos		Yposminagos		Anthyposminagos
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
Hungary (Edit)	No equivalent															No equivalent			No insignia
Hungary (Edit)	No equivalent	General Vezérezredes	Lieutenant General Altábornagy	Major General Vezérőrnagy	Brigadier General Dandártábornok	Colonel Ezredes	Lieutenant Colonel Alezredes	Major Őrnagy		Captain Százados		First Lieutenant Főhadnagy		Second Lieutenant Hadnagy		No equivalent			Honvédtisztjelölt
Iceland	No air force
Ireland (Edit)	No Equivalent
Ireland (Edit)	No Equivalent			Maor-ghinearál	Briogáidire-ghinearál	Coirnéal	Leifteanantchoirnéal	Ceannfort		Captaen		Leifteanant		Dara-leifteanant		Dalta
Italy (Edit)																No equivalent
Italy (Edit)	Generale awarded only to the Chief of Defense Staff	Generale di Squadra Aerea con Incarichi Speciali	Generale di Squadra Aerea	Generale di Divisione Aerea	Generale di Brigata Aerea	Colonnello	Tenente Colonnello	Maggiore		Capitano		Tenente		Sottotenente		No equivalent
Latvia (Edit)	No equivalent															No equivalent
Latvia (Edit)	No equivalent		Ģenerālleitnants	Ģenerālmajors	Brigādes Ģenerālis	Pulkvedis	Pulkvežleitnants	Majors		Kapteinis		Virsleitnants		Leitnants		No equivalent
Liechtenstein	No air force
Lithuania (Edit)	No equivalent															No equivalent
Lithuania (Edit)	No equivalent		Generolas leitenantas	Generolas majoras	Brigados generolas	Pulkininkas	Pulkininkas leitenantas	Majoras		Kapitonas		Vyresnysis leitenantas		Leitenantas		No equivalent			Kariūnas
Luxembourg	No air force
Monaco	No air force
Netherlands (Edit)	*No equivalent*																		*No equivalent*
Netherlands (Edit)	*No equivalent*	Generaal	Luitenant-generaal	Generaal-majoor	Commodore	Kolonel	Luitenant-kolonel	Majoor		Kapitein		Eerste-luitenant		Tweede-luitenant		Vaandrig			*No equivalent*
Norway (Edit)	No Equivalent															No Equivalent
Norway (Edit)	No Equivalent	General	Generalløytnant	Generalmajor	Brigader	Oberst	Oberstløytnant	Major		Kaptein		Løytnant		Fenrik		No Equivalent
Poland (Edit)																*No equivalent*			Various
Poland (Edit)	Marszałek Polski¹	Generał	Generał broni	Generał dywizji	Generał brygady	Pułkownik	Podpułkownik	Major		Kapitan		Porucznik		Podporucznik		*No equivalent*			Podchorąży
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
Portugal (Edit)																			Various
Portugal (Edit)	Marechal¹	General	Tenente General	Major General	Brigadeiro General	Coronel	Tenente Coronel	Major		Capitão		Tenente		Alferes		Aspirante-a-Oficial			Cadete Aluno
Romania (Edit)																No Equivalent

	Mareșal¹	General	General-locotenent	General-maior	General de flotilă aeriană	Comandor	Căpitan-comandor	Locotenent-comandor		Căpitan		Locotenent		Sublocotenent
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
San Marino	No air force
Serbia (Edit)	No equivalent															Unknown
Serbia (Edit)	No equivalent	General (Генерал)	Lieutenant General (Генерал-Потпуковник)	Major General (Генерал-Мајор)	Brigadier General (Бригадни Генерал)	Colonel (Пуковник)	Lieutenant Colonel (Потпуковник)	Major (Мајор)		Captain (Капетан)		Lieutenant (Поручник)		Second Lieutenant (Потпоручник)		Unknown
Slovakia (Edit)	No equivalent															No equivalent
Slovakia (Edit)	No equivalent	Generál	Generálporučík^[1]	Generálmajor	Brigádny Generál	Plukovník	Podplukovník	Major		Kapitán		Nadporučík		Poručík		No equivalent
Slovenia (Edit)	No equivalent															No equivalent
Slovenia (Edit)	No equivalent	General	Generalpodpolkovnik	Generalmajor	Brigadir	Polkovnik	Podpolkovnik	Major		Stotnik		Nadporočnik		Poročnik		No equivalent
Spain (Edit)
Spain (Edit)	Capitán General	General del Aire	Teniente General	General de División	General de Brigada	Coronel	Teniente Coronel	Comandante		Capitán		Teniente		Alférez		Oficial Cadete			Alumno
Sweden (Edit)	*No equivalent*
Sweden (Edit)	*No equivalent*	General	Generallöjtnant	Generalmajor	Brigadgeneral	Överste	Överstelöjtnant	Major		Kapten		Löjtnant		Fänrik
Turkey (Edit)	No equivalent																		No equivalent
Turkey (Edit)	No equivalent	Orgeneral	Korgeneral	Tümgeneral	Tuğgeneral	Albay	Yarbay	Binbaşı		Yüzbaşı		Üsteğmen		Teğmen		Asteğmen			No equivalent
Ukraine (Edit)
	Генерал армії України	Генерал-полковник	Генерал-лейтенант	Генерал-майор	Бригадний генерал	Полковник	Підполковник	Майор		Капітан		Старший лейтенант	Лейтенант		Хорунжий	Курсмант
	General of the Army of Ukraine	Colonel General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier	Polkovnik	Podpolkovnik	Major		Captain		Senior Lieutenant	Lieutenant		Third Lieutenant	Cadet
United Kingdom (Edit)																			No equivalent
United Kingdom (Edit)	Marshal of the RAF¹	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			No equivalent
Vatican City	No air force
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

References

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

¹ Honorary/War time rank.

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
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted

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
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted

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
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted

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
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted

Oceania

Australia Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted

Commonwealth of Nations

NATO

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Comparative air force officer ranks of Europe

Officers (OF 1–10)

References

See also