Comparative air force officer ranks of the Commonwealth

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Rank comparison chart of air forces of Commonwealth of Nations states.

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda No air force
 Royal Australian Air Force[1]
Marshal of the RAAF Air chief marshal Air marshal Air vice-marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer
The Bahamas Bahamas No air force
 Bangladesh Air Force[2]
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
 Barbados No air force
Belize Defence Force Air Wing
 Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Botswana Defence Force Air Wing[3]
Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Royal Brunei Air Force[4]
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)
 Cameroon Air Force[5][6][7]
Général d'armée aérienne Général de corps aérien Général de division aérienne Général de brigade aérienne Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant
 Royal Canadian Air Force[8][9]
General Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier-general Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Général(e) Lieutenant(e)-général(e) Major(e)-général(e) Brigadier(ère)-général(e) Colonel(le) Lieutenant(e)-colonel(le) Major(e) Capitaine Lieutenant(e) Sous-lieutenant(e)
Cyprus Air Forces[10]
Αντιπτέραρχος
Antipterarchos		 Υποπτέραρχος
Ypopterarchos		 Ταξίαρχος
Taxiarchos		 Σμήναρχος
Sminarchos		 Αντισμήναρχος
Antisminarchos		 Επισμηναγός
Episminagos		 Σμηναγός
Sminagos		 Υποσμηναγός
Yposminagos		 Ανθυποσμηναγός
Anthyposminagos
 Dominica No air force
 Fiji No air force
 Gabonese Air Force[11]
Général d'armée Général de corps d'armée Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant
 Ghana Air Force[12]
Air chief marshal Air marshal Air vice-marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer
 Grenada No air force

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Guyana Air Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Indian Air Force[13]
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
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
 Jamaican Air Wing
Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Kenya Air Force[14]
Commander-in-Chief General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Kiribati No air force
Lesotho Lesotho Air Squadron
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Malawi Air Force[15]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Royal Malaysian Air Force[16]
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
 Mauritius No air force
 Mozambique Air Force
Coronel General Tenente General Major General Coronel Tenente Coronel Major Capitão Tenente Alferes
 Namibian Air Force[17]
Chief air marshal Air marshal Air vice marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer
 Nauru No air force
 Royal New Zealand Air Force[18]
 Marshal of the RNZAF Air marshal Air vice-marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer
Marshal of the RNZAF Air marshal Air vice-marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer
 Nigerian Air Force[19]
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
 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
سالار فضائیہ امیرسالار فضائیہ سالار فضائیہ سالار فضائیہ مقابل عَمِيد الفضاء سردار جماعت شارف الجناح قائدِ دستہ نقیبِ پرواز منصبِ طیار منصبِ پائلٹ
Papua New Guinea Air Element
Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
Kolonel Leftenan kolonel Meja Kepten Leftenan Namba tu leftenan
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
 Rwandan Air Force[20]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Saint Kitts and Nevis No air force
 Saint Lucia No air force
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No air force
 Samoa No air force
Seychelles Seychelles Air Force[21][22]
Major general[a] Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone No air force
 Republic of Singapore Air Force[23]
 No insignia yet
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Solomon Islands No air force
 South African Air Force[24]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Sri Lanka Air Force[25]
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
Eswatini Swaziland No air force
 Tanzania Air Force
Jenerali Luteni jenerali Meja jenerali Brigedia jenerali Kanali Luteni kanali Meja Kapteni Luteni Luteni usu
Togo Togolese Air Force[26]
Général de division aérienne Général de brigade aérienne Colonel-major Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
 Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard[27]
Air vice marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer
 Tuvalu No air force
 Ugandan Air Force[28]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Royal Air Force[29]
Marshal of the RAF Air chief marshal Air marshal Air vice-marshal Air commodore Group captain Wing commander Squadron leader Flight lieutenant Flying officer Pilot officer
/acting pilot officer
 Vanuatu No air force
 Zambian Air Force
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers

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