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]
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]
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]
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
Marshal of the Air Force
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
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain 1st lieutenant 2nd lieutenant Officer cadet
 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		 尉
Ùi		 軍校生
Jūnxiào shēng
 Indian Air Force[6]
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]
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		 دانشجوی دانشگاه هوایی
Daneshjoye daneshgahe 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]
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
 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		 Кадет
Kadet
 Korean People's Army Air Force[13]
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[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 Field/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		 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[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 No air force
 Mongolian Air Force[19]
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[20]
 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
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
 Philippine Air Force[21]
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[22]
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[23]
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[24]
 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[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 Officer cadet
 Syrian Arab Air Force[26]
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
Colonel general Lieutenant general Major general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Senior lieutenant Lieutenant Junior lieutenant
 Royal Thai Air Force[27]
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
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
 Uzbek Air Defense Forces and Air Force[28]
General-polkovnik General-leytenant General-mayor Polkovnik Podpolkovnik Mayor Kapitan Katta leytenant Leytenant
 Vietnam People's Air Force[29]
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 Field/senior officers Junior officers Officer cadet

Warrant Officers
Equivalent
NATO rank		WO-5WO-4WO-3WO-2WO-1
 Bangladesh Air Force
Honorary flight lieutenant Honorary flying officer Master Warrant Officer Senior Warrant Officer Warrant Officer
 Republic of China Air Force
Warrant Officer
(纯尉
Chunwèi)
 Republic of Korea Air Force
Jun-wi
준위
Warrant Officer
 Pakistan Air Force
Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer Assistant Warrant Officer
 Republic of Singapore Air Force
Chief warrant officer Senior warrant officer Master warrant officer First warrant officer Second warrant officer Third warrant officer
 Vietnam People's Air Force
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-5WO-4WO-3WO-2WO-1

See also

Notes

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