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This article contains the rank insignia of the Royal Hellenic Air Force (until 1973).
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This article contains the rank insignia of the Royal Hellenic Air Force (until 1973).
| Rank group | General/flag officers | Field/senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kingdom of Greece [1] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshal of the Royal Hellenic Air Force [note 1] Αἰθεράρχης | Air Chief Marshal Πτέραρχος | Air Marshal Ἀντιπτέραρχος | Air Vice-Marshal Ὑποπτέραρχος | Air Commodore Ταξίαρχος | Group Captain Σμήναρχος | Wing Commander Ἀντισμήναρχος | Squadron Leader Ἐπισμηναγός | Flight Lieutenant Σμηναγός | Flying Officer Ὑποσμηναγός | Pilot Officer Ἀνθυποσμηναγός | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transliteration | Aitherárchis | Ptérarchos | Antiptérarchos | Ypoptérarchos | Taxíarchos | Smínarchos | Antismínarchos | Episminagós | Sminagós | Yposminagós | Anthyposminagós | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NATO code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kingdom of Greece [1] |  |  |  |  |  | No insignia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrant Officer Ἀνθυπασπιστῆς | Master Sergeant Ἐπισμηνίας | Staff Sergeant Σμηνίας | Corporal [note 2] Ὑποσμηνίας Ἀ΄ | Corporal Ὑποσμηνίας Β΄ | Lance Corporal Ἀνθυποσμηνίας | Aircraftman Σμηνίτης | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transliteration | Anthypaspistís | Episminías | Sminías | Yposminías | Yposminías | Anthyposminías | Sminítis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A master sergeant is the military rank for a senior non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of some countries. This is a NATO ranking.
Flying officer is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence. It is also sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. In these cases a flying officer usually ranks above pilot officer and immediately below flight lieutenant.
Squadron leader is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence. It is also sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure.
Wing commander is a senior commissioned rank in the British Royal Air Force and air forces of many countries which have historical British influence, including many Commonwealth countries but not including Canada and South Africa. It is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. It ranks immediately above squadron leader and immediately below group captain.
Group captain is a senior commissioned rank in many air forces. Group captain has a NATO rank code of OF-5, meaning that it ranks above wing commander, immediately below air commodore and is the equivalent of the naval rank of captain and the rank of colonel in other services.
Air commodore is a one-star rank and is an air officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence such as Zimbabwe, and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure. The name of the rank is always the full phrase; it is never shortened to "commodore", which is a rank in various naval forces.
Air marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and is used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence, including the Commonwealth, and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-English air force-specific rank structure.
Air chief marshal is a four-star air officer rank which originated with the Royal Air Force, where it is the most senior peacetime air force rank. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries that have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in countries which have a non-British air force-specific rank structure. An air chief marshal is equivalent to an admiral in the Royal Navy or a general in the British Army or the Royal Marines. In other forces, such as the United States Armed Forces and the Canadian Armed Forces, the equivalent four-star rank is general or admiral.
Flight lieutenant is a junior commissioned rank in air forces that use the Royal Air Force (RAF) system of ranks, especially in Commonwealth countries. It has a NATO rank code of OF-2. Flight lieutenant is abbreviated as Flt Lt in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and RAF, and as FLTLT in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and has sometimes also been abbreviated as F/L in many services; however, it has never been correctly abbreviated as "lieutenant". A flight lieutenant ranks above flying officer and below a squadron leader and is sometimes used as an English language translation of a similar rank in non-English-speaking countries.
Pilot officer is the lowest commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many other Commonwealth countries. It ranks immediately below flying officer.
Modern Greek military ranks are based on Ancient Greek and Byzantine terminology.
The following table lists the ranks and insignia of officers in NATO air forces.
The officer ranks of the Royal Air Force, as they are today, were introduced in 1919. Prior to that Army ranks were used.
Anthypolochagos (Greek: Ανθυπολοχαγός, abbreviated Ανθλγός, equivalent to the NATO, is the lowest commissioned officer rank in the Hellenic Army, except for the Armour-Cavalry Arm, and formerly, the Cavalry, in which it is called Anthypilarchos (Greek: Ανθυπίλαρχος, romanized: Anthypilarchos, abbrev. Ανθλχος.
Taxiarch, the anglicised form of taxiarchos or taxiarchēs is used in the Greek language to mean "brigadier". The term derives from táxis, "order", in military context "an ordered formation". In turn, the rank has given rise to the Greek term for brigade, taxiarchia. In Greek Orthodox Church usage, the term is also applied to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, as leaders of the heavenly host, and several locations in Greece are named after them.
A five-star rank is the highest military rank in the United States, with an insignia of five silver stars, and is also used to refer to the corresponding ranks in other countries. The rank is that of the most senior operational military commanders, and within NATO's standard rank scale it is designated by the code OF-10.
Gorget patches are an insignia in the form of paired patches of cloth or metal on the collar of a uniform (gorget), used in the military and civil service in some countries. Collar tabs sign the military rank, the rank of civil service, the military unit, the office (department) or the branch of the armed forces and the arm of service.
This article contains the rank insignia of the Hellenic Army.
This article contains the rank insignia of the Royal Hellenic Navy.
