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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 | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kingdom of Greece [1] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshal of the Royal Hellenic Air Force [note 1] Ἀρχιπτέραρχος | 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 | Archiptérarchos | 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 Ἀνθυπασπιστής | Master Sergeant Ἐπισμηνίας | Staff Sergeant Σμηνίας | Corporal [note 2] Ὑποσμηνίας Α΄ | Corporal Ὑποσμηνίας Β΄ | Lance Corporal Ἀνθυποσμηνίας | Aircraftman Σμηνίτης | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transliteration | Anthypaspistís | Episminías | Sminías | Yposminías | Yposminías | Anthyposminías | Sminítis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Hellenic Army, formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term Hellenic is the endogenous synonym for Greek. The Hellenic Army is the largest of the three branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces, also constituted by the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) and the Hellenic Navy (HN). The army is commanded by the chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (HAGS), which in turn is under the command of Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS).
Leading seaman is a junior non-commissioned rank or rate in navies, particularly those of the Commonwealth. When it is used by NATO nations, leading seaman has the rank code of OR-4. It is often equivalent to the army and air force rank of corporal and some navies use corporal rather than leading seaman.
Modern Greek military ranks are based on Ancient Greek and Byzantine terminology.
The following are the ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Enlisted personnel for each member nation.
The following table lists the ranks and insignia of officers in NATO air forces.
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.
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This article contains the rank insignia of the Hellenic Army.
This article contains the rank insignia of the Royal Hellenic Navy.
Rank comparison chart of all air forces of European states.
Rank comparison chart of all armies and land forces of the European Union member states.
Rank comparison chart of non-commissioned officers (NCOs) and enlisted personnel for all armies and land forces of the European Union member states.
Rank comparison chart of all navies of the European Union member states.
Rank comparison chart of all navies of the European Union member states. Some EU member states do not have naval forces, either because they are landlocked Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Luxembourg and Slovakia.
Rank comparison chart of all air forces of the European Union member states.
Rank comparison chart of air forces non-commissioned officers and other personnel of the European Union member states.
