Comparative air force officer ranks of Asia

Rank comparison chart of air forces of Asian states.

Officers

Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	No rank structure
Armenian Air Force [1] v t e
			Բանակի գեներալ Banaki general		գեներալ-գնդապետ General-gndapet		գեներալ-լեյտենանտ General-leytenant		գեներալ-մայոր General-mayor		գնդապետ Gndapet		փոխգնդապետ P’vokhgndapet		մայոր Mayor		կապիտան Kapitan		ավագ լեյտենանտ Avag leytenant			լեյտենանտ Leytenant
Azerbaijani Air Forces [2] v t e
					General-polkovnik		General-leytenant		General-mayor		Polkovnik		Polkovnik-leytenant		Mayor		Kapitan		Baş leytenant		Leytenant		Kiçik leytenant
Royal Bahraini Air Force v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Bangladesh Air Force [3] v t e
			Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal		Air Vice-Marshal		Air Commodore		Group Captain		Wing Commander		Squadron Leader		Flight Lieutenant		Flying Officer			Pilot Officer			Officer cadet
Bhutan	No air force
Royal Brunei Air Force v t e
	Air Marshal Marsyal Udara		General Jeneral (Udara)		Lieutenant General Leftenan Jeneral (Udara)		Major General Mejar Jeneral (Udara)		Brigadier General Brigedier Jeneral (Udara)		Colonel Kolonel (Udara)		Lieutenant Colonel Leftenan Kolonel (Udara)		Major Mejar (Udara)		Captain Kapten (Udara)		Lieutenant Leftenan (Udara)			Second Lieutenant Leftenan Muda (Udara)			Officer Cadet Pegawai Kadet (Udara)
Royal Cambodian Air Force v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		1st lieutenant			2nd lieutenant			Officer cadet
PLA Air Force [4] v t e
			空军上将 Kōngjūn shàngjiàng		空军中将 Kōngjūn zhōngjiàng		空军少将 Kōngjūn shàojiàng				空军大校 Kōngjūn dàxiào	空军上校 Kōngjūn shàngxiào	空军中校 Kōngjūn zhōngxiào		空军少校 Kōngjūn shàoxiào		空军上尉 Kōngjūn shàngwèi		空军中尉 Kōngjūn zhōngwèi			空军少尉 Kōngjūn shàowèi			空军学员 Kōngjūn xuéyuán
Republic of China Air Force [5] v t e
			一級上將 It-kip siōng-chiòng	二級上將 Jī-kip siōng-chiòng	中將 Tiong-chiòng		少將 Siáu-chiòng				上校 Siōng-hāu		中校 Tiong-hāu		少校 Siáu-hāu		上尉 Siōng-ùi		中尉 Tiong-ùi		少尉 Siáu-ùi		尉 Ùi		軍校生 Jūnxiào shēng
Indian Air Force [6] v t e
	Marshal of the Indian Air Force		Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal		Air Vice Marshal		Air Commodore		Group Captain		Wing Commander		Squadron Leader		Flight Lieutenant		Flying Officer						Flight Cadet
Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Indonesian Air Force [7] v t e
	Marsekal besar		Marsekal		Marsekal madya		Marsekal muda		Marsekal pertama		Kolonel		Letnan kolonel		Mayor		Kapten		Letnan satu			Letnan dua
Iranian Air Force v t e
			ارتشبد Artashbod		سپهبد Sepehbod		سرلشکر Sarlashkar		سرتیپ Sartip	سرتیپ دوم Sartip dome	سرهنگ Sarhang		سرهنگ دوم Sarhang dome		سرگرد Sargard		سروان Sroin		ستوان یکم Stawan yakam		ستوان دوم Stawan dome		ستوان سوم Stawan some		دانشجوی دانشگاه هوایی Danishjoye daneshgah hawai
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		First brigadier general	Second brigadier general	Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Third lieutenant		Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University officer cadet
Iraqi Air Force [8] v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Israeli Air Force [9] v t e
					רב-אלוף Rav aluf		אלוף Aluf		תת-אלוף Tat aluf		אלוף משנה Aluf mishne		סגן-אלוף Sgan aluf		רב סרן Rav seren		סרן Seren		סגן Segen			סגן-משנה Segen mishne			קצין אקדמאי בכיר Katzín akademai bakhír						קצין מקצועי אקדמאי Katzín miktsoí akademai
Japan Air Self-Defense Force [10] v t e
			幕僚長たる空将 Bakuryōchō-taru-kūshō		空将 Kūshō		空将補 Kūshō-ho				1等空佐 Ittō kūsa		2等空佐 Nitō kūsa		3等空佐 Santō kūsa		1等空尉 Ittō kūi		2等空尉 Nitō kūi			3等空尉 Santō kūi
Royal Jordanian Air Force [11] v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim			تلميذ مرشح Tilmidh murashah
Kazakh Air Defense Forces [12] v t e
	Жоғарғы Бас қолбасшының Joğarğı Bas qolbasşınıñ				Генерал-Полҝвниҝ General-polkovnïk		Генерал-лейтенант General-leytenant		Генерал-майор General-mayor		Полковник Polkovnïk		Подполковник Podpolkovnïk		Майор Mayor		Капитан Kapïtan		Аға лейтенант Ağa leytenant			Лейтенант Leytenant			Кадет Kadet
Korean People's Army Air Force [13] v t e
			대장 Daejang		상장 Sangjang		중장 Chungjang		소장 Sojang		대좌 Daechwa	상좌 Sangjwa	중좌 Chungjwa		소좌 Sojwa		대위 Taewi		상위 Daewi		중위 Chungwi		소위 Sowi
Republic of Korea Air Force v t e
	원수 Wonsu		대장 Daejang		중장 Jungjang		소장 Sojang		준장 Junjang		대령 Daeryeong		중령 Jungnyeong		소령 Soryeong		대위 Daewi		중위 Jungwi			소위 Sowi
Kuwait Air Force v t e
			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Kyrgyz Air Force [14] v t e
									Генерал-майор General-mayor		Полковник Polkovnik		Подполковник Podpolkovnik		Майор Mayor		Капитан Kapitan		Улук лейтенант Uluk leytenant		Лейтенант Leytenant		Кенже лейтенант Kenje leytenant
Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Lao People's Liberation Air Force [15] v t e
			ພົນເອກ Phonoek		ພົນໂທ Phonoth		ພົນຕີ Phon ti		ພົນຈັດຕະວາ Phonchadtauaa		ພັນເອກ Phanoek		ພັນໂທ Phanoth		ພັນຕີ Phan ti		ຮ້ອຍເອກ Honyoek		ຮ້ອຍໂທ Hony oth			ຮ້ອຍຕີ Hony ti
Lebanese Air Force [16] v t e
					عماد Eimad		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدّم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أوّل Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim			تلميذ ضابط سنة ثالثة Tilmidh dabit sanat 3				تلميذ ضابط سنة ثانية Tilmidh dabit sanat 2				تلميذ ضابط سنة أولى Tilmidh dabit sanat 1
Royal Malaysian Air Force [17] v t e																									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
Maldives	No air force
Mongolian Air Force [18] v t e
			Генерал Gyenyeral		Дэслэгч генерал Deslegch gyenyeral		Хошууч генерал Khoshuuch gyenyeral		Бригадын генерал Brigadyn gyenyeral		Хурандаа Khurandaa		Дэд хурандаа Ded khurandaa		Хошууч Khoshuuch		Ахмад Akhmad		Ахлах дэслэгч Akhmad deslegch			Дэслэгч Deslegch
Myanmar Air Force v t e
			ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး Bolhkyaotekyee		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး Dutiy bolhkyaotekyee		ဗိုလ်ချုပ် Bolhkyaote		ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ် Bolmhauu­hkyaote		ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး Bolmhauu­kyee		ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး Dutiy bolmhauukyee		ဗိုလ်မှူး Bolmhauu		ဗိုလ်ကြီး Bolkyee		ဗိုလ် Bol			ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ် Dutiy bol
Nepal	No air force
Royal Air Force of Oman v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Pakistan Air Force v t e
	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
Philippine Air Force [19] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Qatar Emiri Air Force v t e
			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Russian Aerospace Forces [20] v t e
			Генера́л а́рмии Generál ármii		Генера́л-полко́вник Generál-polkóvnik		Генера́л-лейтена́нт Generál-leytenánt		Генера́л-майо́р Generál-mayór		Полко́вник Polkóvnik		Подполко́вник Podpolkóvnik		Майо́р Majór		Kапита́н Kapitán		Старший лейтена́нт Stárshiy leytenánt		Лейтенант Leytenant		Mла́дший лейтена́нт Mládshiy leytenánt		Курсант Kursant
Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Royal Saudi Air Force [21] v t e
			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Republic of Singapore Air Force [22] v t e			No insignia yet
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant			Officer cadet
Sri Lanka Air Force [23] v t e
	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
Syrian Arab Air Force [24] v t e
	فريق Fariq		عماد أول‎‎ Eimad 'awal		عماد Eimad		لواء Alliwa'		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Tajik Air Force v t e
					Colonel general		Lieutenant general		Major general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Senior lieutenant		Lieutenant		Junior lieutenant
Royal Thai Air Force [25] v t e
	จอมพลอากาศ Chom phon akat		พลอากาศเอก Phon akat ek		พลอากาศโท Phon akat tho		พลอากาศตรี Phon akat tri		พลอากาศจัตวา Phon akat chattawa		นาวาอากาศเอก Nawa akat ek		นาวาอากาศโท Nawa akat tho		นาวาอากาศตรี Nawa akat tri		เรืออากาศเอก Ruea akat ek		เรืออากาศโท Ruea akat tho			เรืออากาศตรี Ruea akat tri			นักเรียนนายเรืออากาศ Nak-rian nairuea akat
Timor-Leste	No air force
Turkmen Air Force v t e
					General-polkownik		General-leýtenant		General-maýor		Polkownik		Podpolkownik		Maýor		Kapitan		Uly leýtenant		Leýtenant		Kiçi leýtenant		Harby talyp
United Arab Emirates Air Force v t e
			فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم Mulazim
Uzbek Air Defense Forces and Air Force [26] v t e
					General-polkovnik		General-leytenant		General-mayor		Polkovnik		Podpolkovnik		Mayor		Kapitan		Katta leytenant			Leytenant
Vietnam People's Air Force [27] v t e
					Thượng tướng		Trung tướng		Thiếu tướng		Đại tá	Thượng tá	Trung tá		Thiếu tá		Đại úy		Thượng úy		Trung úy		Thiếu úy		Học viên Sĩ quan
Yemeni Air Force v t e
	مشیر Mushir		فريق أول‎‎ Fariq 'awal		فريق Fariq		لواء Liwa		عميد Amid		عقيد Aqid		مقدم Muqaddam		رائد Ra'id		نقيب Naqib		ملازم أول Mulazim awwal			ملازم ثان Mulazim than
Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet

Warrant Officers

Equivalent NATO rank	WO-5		WO-4		WO-3		WO-2		WO-1
Bangladesh Air Force v t e
	Honorary flight lieutenant		Honorary flying officer		Master Warrant Officer		Senior Warrant Officer		Warrant Officer
Republic of China Air Force v t e	No equivalent
									Warrant Officer (纯尉 Chunwèi)
Republic of Korea Air Force v t e
									Jun-wi 준위 Warrant Officer
Pakistan Air Force v t e	No equivalent
					Chief Warrant Officer		Warrant Officer		Assistant Warrant Officer
Republic of Singapore Air Force v t e
	Chief warrant officer		Senior warrant officer	Master warrant officer	First warrant officer		Second warrant officer		Third warrant officer
Vietnam People's Air Force v t e
	Chief Warrant Officer (Thượng tá QNCN)		Senior Warrant Officer (Trung tá QNCN)		Master Warrant Officer (Thiếu tá QNCN)		First Warrant Officer (Đại úy QNCN)	Second Warrant Officer (Thượng úy QNCN)	Third Warrant Officer (Trung úy QNCN)	Fourth Warrant Officer (Thiếu úy QNCN)
Equivalent NATO rank	WO-5		WO-4		WO-3		WO-2		WO-1

See also

• Air force officer rank insignia

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