Rank comparison chart of air forces of Asian states.
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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | No rank structure | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Armenian Air Force [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Force [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General-polkovnik | General-leytenant | General-mayor | Polkovnik | Polkovnik-leytenant | Mayor | Kapitan | Baş leytenant | Leytenant | Kiçik leytenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Bahraini Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
এয়ার চিফ মার্শাল Ēẏār chiph mārśāl | এয়ার মার্শাল Ēẏār mārśāl | এয়ার ভাইস মার্শাল Ēẏār bhā'is mārśāl | এয়ার কমোডোর Ēẏār kômōḍōr | গ্রুপ ক্যাপ্টেন Grup kaepṭēn | উইং কমান্ডার U'iṁ kômānḍār | স্কোয়াড্রন লীডার Skōẏāḍran līḍār | ফ্লাইট লেফটেন্যান্ট Phlā'iṭ lēphṭēnānṭ | ফ্লাইং অফিসার Phlā'iṁ ôphisār | পাইলট অফিসার Pā'ilôṭ Ôphisār | অফিসার ক্যাডেট Ôphisār kaeḍēṭ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bhutan | No air force | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Brunei Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marsyal udara | Jeneral (udara) | Leftenan jeneral (udara) | Mejar jeneral (udara) | Brigedier jeneral (udara) | Kolonel (udara) | Leftenan kolonel (udara) | Mejar (udara) | Kapten (udara) | Leftenan (udara) | Leftenan muda (udara) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Cambodian Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
នាយឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ Néay ŭtdâmôséniy | ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក Ŭtdâmôséniy êk | ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ទោ Ŭtdâmôséniy toŭ | ឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ត្រី Ŭtdâmôséniy trei | វរសេនីយ៍ឯក Vôrôséniy êk | វរសេនីយ៍ទោ Vôrôséniy toŭ | វរសេនីយ៍ត្រី Vôrôséniy trei | អនុសេនីយ៍ឯក Ânŭséniy êk | អនុសេនីយ៍ទោ Ânŭséniy toŭ | អនុសេនីយ៍ត្រី Ânŭséniy trei | នាយចំណង់ Néay châmnáng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PLA Air Force [4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 軍校生 Jūnxiào shēng | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Air Force [6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshal of the Indian Air Force मार्शल ऑफ द इंडियन एयरफोर्स | Air chief marshal एयर चीफ मार्शल | Air marshal एयर मार्शल | Air vice marshal एयर वाइस मार्शल | Air commodore एयर कमोडोर | Group captain ग्रुप कैप्टन | Wing commander विंग कमांडर | Squadron leader स्क्वाड्रन लीडर | Flight lieutenant फ्लाइट लैफ्टिनेंट | Flying officer फ्लाइंग अफसर | Flight cadet फ्लाइट कैडेट | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian Air Force [7] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marsekal besar | Marsekal | Marsekal madya | Marsekal muda | Marsekal pertama | Kolonel | Letnan kolonel | Mayor | Kapten | Letnan satu | Letnan dua | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iranian Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ارتشبد Arteshbod | سپهبد Sepahbod | سرلشکر Sarlashkar | سرتیپ Sartip | سرتیپ دوم Sartip dovom | سرهنگ Sarhang | سرهنگ دوم Sarhang dovom | سرگرد Sargord | سروان Sarvan | ستوان یکم Sotvan yekom | ستوان دوم Sotvan dovom | ستوان سوم Sotvan sevom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Second brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Third lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iraqi Air Force [8] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 准空尉 Jun kūi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Jordanian Air Force [11] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean People's Army Air Force [13] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
인민군원수 Inmingun-wonsu | 차수 Chasu | 대장 Daejang | 상장 Sangjang | 중장 Chungjang | 소장 Sojang | 대좌 Daechwa | 상좌 Sangjwa | 중좌 Chungjwa | 소좌 Sojwa | 대위 Taewi | 상위 Sangwi | 중위 Chungwi | 소위 Sowi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of Korea Air Force [14] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 [15] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lao People's Liberation Air Force [16] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 [17] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
عماد Eimad | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Malaysian Air Force [18] | 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 Air Corps [19] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ބްރިގޭޑިއަރ ޖެނެރަލް Brigeydiar jeneral | ކާނަލް Kaanal | ލެފްޓިނަންޓް ކާނަލް Leftinant kaanal | މޭޖަރ Meyjar | ކެޕްޓަން Keptan | ފަސްޓް ލެފްޓިނަންޓް Fast leftinant | ލެފްޓިނަންޓް Leftinant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mongolian Air Force [20] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး bauilaʻ khayupaʻ mahūʺkarīʺ | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး dautaiya bauilaʻ khayupaʻ mahūʺkarīʺ | ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး bauilaʻ khayupaʻ karīʺ | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး dautaiya bauilaʻ khayupaʻ karīʺ | ဗိုလ်ချုပ် bauilaʻ khayupaʻ | ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ် bauilaʻ mahūʺkhayupaʻ | ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး bauilaʻ mahūʺkrīʺ | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး dautaiya bauilaʻ mahūʺ krīʺ | ဗိုလ်မှူး bauilaʻ mahūʺ | ဗိုလ်ကြီး bauilaʻ krīʺ | ဗိုလ် bauilaʻ | ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ် dautaiya bauilaʻ | ဗိုလ်လောင်း bauilaʻ laeāṅaʻʺ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nepalese Army Air Service [21] | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
सहायक रथी Sahaayak rathee | महासेनानी Mahāsēnānī | प्रमुख सेनानी Pramukh senaanee | सेनानी Senaanee | सहसेनानी Sahasēnānī | उपसेनानी Upasēnānī | सहायक सेनानी Sahaayak senaanee | अधिकृत क्याडेट Adhikr̥ta kyāḍēṭa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Air Force of Oman [22] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
سالار فضائیہ | امیرسالار فضائیہ | سالار فضائیہ | سالار فضائیہ مقابل | عَمِيد الفضاء | سردار جماعت | شارف الجناح | قائدِ دستہ | نقیبِ پرواز | منصبِ طیار | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Philippine Air Force [23] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Qatar Emiri Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 [24] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Saudi Air Force [25] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | مرشح Murashah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic of Singapore Air Force [26] | 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 [27] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 [28] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 [29] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Генерал-полковник General-polkovnik | Генерал-лейтенант General-leytenant | Генерал-майор General-mayor | Полковник Polkovnik | Подполковник Podpolkovnik | Майор Mayor | Капитан Kapitan | Лейтенанти калон Leytenanti kalon | Лейтенант Leytenant | Лейтенанти хурд Leytenanti xurd | Курсант Kursant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Royal Thai Air Force [30] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
จอมพลอากาศ Chom phon akat | พลอากาศเอก Phon akat ek | พลอากาศโท Phon akat tho | พลอากาศตรี Phon akat tri | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General-polkownik | General-leýtenant | General-maýor | Polkownik | Podpolkownik | Maýor | Kapitan | Uly leýtenant | Leýtenant | Kiçi leýtenant | Harby talyp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates Air Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces [31] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General-polkovnik | General-leytenant | General-mayor | Polkovnik | Podpolkovnik | Mayor | Kapitan | Katta leytenant | Leytenant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vietnam People's Air Force [32] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.
Lieutenant general is a military rank used in many countries. The rank originates from the Old European System. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general.
Major is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators, major is one rank above captain in armies and air forces, and one rank below lieutenant colonel. It is considered the most junior of the senior officer ranks.
Polkovnik is a military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states, coronel in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries. It was originally a rank in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. However, in Cossack Hetmanate and Sloboda Ukraine, polkovnyk was an administrative rank similar to a governor. Usually this word is translated as colonel, however the transliteration is also in common usage, for the sake of the historical and social context. Polkovnik began as a commander of a distinct group of troops (polk), arranged for battle.
Senior lieutenant is a military grade between a lieutenant and a captain, often used by countries from the former Eastern Bloc. It is comparable to first lieutenant.
Junior lieutenant is a junior officer rank in several countries, comparable to Sub-lieutenant.
A junior sergeant is a military rank used in multiple militaries across the world. It is usually placed below sergeant.
A Senior sergeant is a rank of non-commissioned officer used in the armed forces of many countries. It is usually placed above sergeant.
Major general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general.
Rank comparison chart of armies and land forces of Asian states.
Starshy praporshchik is a rank used by the Russian Ground Forces and a number of former communist states. The rank is a non-commissioned officer's and is equivalent to Starshy michman in navies. It is usually equivalent to warrant officer class 1 or sergeant major in English-speaking armies.
Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.
Rank comparison chart of air forces of Asian states.
Rank comparison chart of navies of Asian states.
Rank comparison chart of non-commissioned officers and other personnel for armies/ land forces of Asian states.
Rank comparison chart of all armies of Post-Soviet states.
Rank comparison chart of all air forces of Post-Soviet states.
Rank comparison chart of enlisted for all armies of Post-Soviet states.
Rank comparison chart of enlisted for all air forces of Post-Soviet states.
This page shows the lieutenant-general insignia, by country, for the rank of lieutenant general in the different branches of the armed forces.