Comparative air force enlisted ranks of the Americas

Last updated December 24, 2021

Rank comparison chart of Non-commissioned officer and enlisted ranks for air forces of North and South American states.

Other ranks

Rank group	Senior NCOs														Junior NCOs				Enlisted
Antigua and Barbuda	No air force
Argentine Air Force ^[1] v t e
Argentine Air Force ^[1] v t e	Suboficial mayor						Suboficial principal		Suboficial ayudante		Suboficial auxiliar		Cabo principal		Cabo primero		Cabo		Voluntario primero				Voluntario segundo
Bahamas	No air force
Belize Defence Force Air Wing v t e																			No insignia
Belize Defence Force Air Wing v t e	Warrant Officer Class 1						Warrant Officer Class 2		Staff Sergeant		Sergeant				Corporal		Lance Corporal		Private (or equivalent)
Bolivian Air Force ^[2] v t e
Bolivian Air Force ^[2] v t e	Sub-oficial maestre		Sub-oficial mayor		Sub-oficial primero		Sub-oficial segundo		Sub-oficial inicial		Sergento primero		Sargento segundo		Sargento inicial		Cabo			Dragoneante		Soldado raso
Brazilian Air Force ^[3] v t e
Brazilian Air Force ^[3] v t e	Suboficial										Primeiro-Sargento		Segundo-Sargento	Terceiro-Sargento	Cabo	Taifeiro-mor			Soldado		Taifeiro primeira classe		Soldado segunda classe	Taifeiro segunda classe
Royal Canadian Air Force ^[4] v t e
	Canadian Forces chief warrant officer	Command chief warrant officer	Senior appointment chief warrant officer		Chief warrant officer		Master warrant officer		Warrant officer		Sergeant				Master corporal		Corporal		Aviator (trained)				Aviator (basic)
	Adjudant-chef des Forces canadiennes	Adjudant-chef du commandement	Adjudant-chef- nomination supérieure		Adjudant-chef		Adjudant-maître		Adjudant		Sergent				Caporal-chef		Caporal		Aviateur (formé)				Aviateur (confirmé)
Chilean Air Force v t e																							No insignia
Chilean Air Force v t e	Suboficial mayor						Suboficial		Sargento primero				Sargento segundo		Cabo primero		Cabo segundo	Cabo	Alumno				Soldado
Colombian Air Force ^[5] v t e
Colombian Air Force ^[5] v t e	Técnico jefe de comando conjunto			Técnico jefe de comando			Técnico jefe		Técnico subjefe		Técnico primero		Técnico segundo		Técnico tercero		Técnico cuarto		Aerotécnico
Rank group	Senior NCOs														Junior NCOs				Enlisted
Costa Rica	No air force
Cuban Air and Air Defense Force ^[6] v t e																							No insignia
Cuban Air and Air Defense Force ^[6] v t e	Mayor suboficial		Primer suboficial		Segundo suboficial		Suboficial		Sargento de primera		Sargento de segunda		Sargento de tercera				Cabo						Soldado
Dominica	No air force
Dominican Air Force v t e
Dominican Air Force v t e							Sargento mayor		Sargento primero		Sargento A/C		Sargento				Cabo		Rasa de primera clase
Ecuadorian Air Force v t e
Ecuadorian Air Force v t e	Sub-oficial mayor			Sub-oficial primero			Sub-oficial segundo		Sargento primero				Sargento segundo		Cabo primero		Cabo segundo						Soldado
Salvadoran Air Force ^[7] v t e																							No insignia
Salvadoran Air Force ^[7] v t e	Sargento mayor de brigada			Sargento mayor primero			Sargento mayor		Sargento de primera		Sargento		Subsargento				Cabo						Soldado
Grenada	No air force
Guatemalan Air Force ^[8] v t e																							No insignia
Guatemalan Air Force ^[8] v t e	Sargento mayor						Sargento técnico		Sargento primero				Sargento segundo				Cabo		Soldado de primera				Soldado
Guyana Air Corps v t e																			No insignia
Guyana Air Corps v t e	Warrant Officer Class 1						Warrant Officer Class 2		Staff Sergeant		Sergeant				Corporal		Lance Corporal		Private (or equivalent)
Haitian Air Force v t e																							No insignia
Haitian Air Force v t e							Warrant officer Adjudant				Sergeant First Class Sergent-premièr	Staff Sergeant Sergent-fourrier	Sergeant Sergent				Lance Corporal Caporal		Private First Class Soldat de première classe				Private Soldat
Honduran Air Force ^[9] v t e
Honduran Air Force ^[9] v t e							Sargento mayor técnico		Sargento primero técnico		Sargento segundo técnico						Cabo técnico		Aero técnico primera clase				Aero técnico básico
Jamaican Air Wing v t e																			No insignia
Jamaican Air Wing v t e	Warrant officer class 1						Warrant officer class 2		Staff sergeant		Sergeant				Corporal		Lance corporal		Private (or equivalent)
Mexican Air Force ^[10] v t e
Mexican Air Force ^[10] v t e									Sargento primero				Sargento segundo				Cabo		Soldado de primera				Soldado
Rank group	Senior NCOs														Junior NCOs				Enlisted
Nicaraguan Air Force ^[11] v t e																							No insignia
Nicaraguan Air Force ^[11] v t e	Suboficial primero			Suboficial segundo			Suboficial		Sargento primero		Sargento segundo		Sargento tercero						Soldado de primera				Soldado
Panama	No air force
Paraguayan Air Force ^[12] v t e
Paraguayan Air Force ^[12] v t e	Sub-oficial principal			Sub-oficial mayor			Sub-oficial	Sargento ayudante	Sargento primero		Vice sargento primero		Sargento segundo		Cabo primero		Cabo segundo						Soldado
Peruvian Air Force ^[13] v t e
Peruvian Air Force ^[13] v t e	Suboficial primero			Suboficial segundo			Suboficial tercero		Sargento primero		Sargento segundo						Cabo						Avionero
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No air force
Saint Lucia	No air force
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No air force
Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard ^[14] v t e
Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard ^[14] v t e	Warrant officer I						Warrant officer II				Sergeant				Corporal				Senior technician		Senior aircraftman		Junior Aircraftman/ Junior technician
United States Air Force ^[15] v t e																							No insignia
United States Air Force ^[15] v t e	Senior enlisted advisor to the Chairman		Chief master sergeant of the Air Force	Command chief master sergeant	First sergeant	Chief master sergeant	First sergeant	Senior master sergeant	First sergeant	Master sergeant	Technical sergeant		Staff sergeant		Senior airman		Airman first class		Airman				Airman basic
United States Space Force ^[16] v t e	Insignia pending
United States Space Force ^[16] v t e	Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman		Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force	Chief master sergeant			Senior master sergeant		Master sergeant		Technical sergeant		Sergeant		Specialist 4		Specialist 3		Specialist 2				Specialist 1
Uruguayan Air Force ^[17] v t e																							No insignia
Uruguayan Air Force ^[17] v t e	Suboficial mayor								Sargento de primera		Sargento				Cabo de primera		Cabo de segunda						Soldado
Venezuelan Military Aviation ^[18] v t e																							No insignia
Venezuelan Military Aviation ^[18] v t e	Sargento supervisor			Sargento ayudante			Sargento mayor de primera		Sargento mayor de segunda		Sargento mayor de tercera	Sargento primero	Sargento segundo		Cabo primero		Cabo segundo		Distinguido				Aviador
Rank group	Senior NCOs														Junior NCOs				Enlisted

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References

↑ "Grados Militares". fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar (in Spanish). Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
↑ Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) [@mindefbolivia] (6 January 2020). "Hoy te invitamos a conocer la jerarquía de los grados de Suboficiales, Sargentos y Tropa" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021– via Twitter.
↑ "Postos e Graduações". fab.mil.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Air Force. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
↑ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
↑ "Grados Militares Fuerza Aérea Colombiana". fac.mil.co (in Spanish). Colombian Air Force. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
↑ "Grados militares". minfar.gob.cu (in Spanish). Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
↑ "Grados Militares". fuerzaarmada.mil.sv (in Spanish). Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ "Grados Militares". mindef.mil.gt (in Spanish). Ministry of Defence (Guatemala). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ Flores, Edmundo (1995). "National Security". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). Honduras: a country study. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 232–233. LCCN 94043036 . Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ Secretary of National Defense (27 June 2019). "Manual gráfico para el uso de Uniformes, Divisas y Equipo del Ejército y F.A.M." [Graphic manual for the use of Uniforms, Badges and Equipment of the Army and Air Force](PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
↑ "Insignias de Grados Militares". ejercito.mil.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ "Grados y Escalafones". fuerzaaerea.mil.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Air Force. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
↑ "Grados Militares". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ "Rank Chart (Enlisted)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
↑ "Air Force Instruction 36-2903" (PDF). Department of the Air Force. 25 June 2021. p. 108. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
↑ Hadley, Greg (20 September 2021). "Space Force Reveals Insignia for Enlisted Ranks". airforcemag.com. Air Force Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
↑ Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W., eds. (1992). "Chapter 5. National Security". Uruguay: A Country Study (PDF) (2nd ed.). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-8444-0737-2 . Retrieved 13 June 2021.
↑ "Manual de Uniformes de la Aviación Militar Bolivariana" (PDF). aviacion.mil.ve (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Venezuela). November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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[Argentina-1] "Grados Militares". fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar (in Spanish). Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina). Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[2] Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) [@mindefbolivia] (6 January 2020). "Hoy te invitamos a conocer la jerarquía de los grados de Suboficiales, Sargentos y Tropa" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021– via Twitter.

[Brazil_AirForcee-3] "Postos e Graduações". fab.mil.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Air Force. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[Canada-4] "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[Colombia_AirForce-5] "Grados Militares Fuerza Aérea Colombiana". fac.mil.co (in Spanish). Colombian Air Force. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[Cuba_Army&AirForce-6] "Grados militares". minfar.gob.cu (in Spanish). Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba). Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[ElSalvador-7] "Grados Militares". fuerzaarmada.mil.sv (in Spanish). Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Guatemala-8] "Grados Militares". mindef.mil.gt (in Spanish). Ministry of Defence (Guatemala). Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Honduras-9] Flores, Edmundo (1995). "National Security". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). Honduras: a country study. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 232–233. LCCN 94043036 . Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[Mexico_Army&AirForce-10] Secretary of National Defense (27 June 2019). "Manual gráfico para el uso de Uniformes, Divisas y Equipo del Ejército y F.A.M." [Graphic manual for the use of Uniforms, Badges and Equipment of the Army and Air Force](PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2021.

[Nicaragua-11] "Insignias de Grados Militares". ejercito.mil.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Paraguay_AirForce-12] "Grados y Escalafones". fuerzaaerea.mil.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Air Force. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[Peru-13] "Grados Militares". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Trinidad&Tobago_Other-14] "Rank Chart (Enlisted)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[US_Airforce-15] "Air Force Instruction 36-2903" (PDF). Department of the Air Force. 25 June 2021. p. 108. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

[16] Hadley, Greg (20 September 2021). "Space Force Reveals Insignia for Enlisted Ranks". airforcemag.com. Air Force Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2021.

[Uruguay-17] Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W., eds. (1992). "Chapter 5. National Security". Uruguay: A Country Study (PDF) (2nd ed.). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-8444-0737-2 . Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[Venezuela_AirForce-18] "Manual de Uniformes de la Aviación Militar Bolivariana" (PDF). aviacion.mil.ve (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Venezuela). November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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