Comparative air force officer ranks of Asia

Rank comparison chart of air forces of Asian states.

Officers

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Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
  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
  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
  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
  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
  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
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
  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
  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
  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
  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]
                     
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
  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
  Nepalese Army Air Service[21]
             
सहायक रथी
Sahaayak rathee
महासेनानी
Mahāsēnānī
प्रमुख सेनानी
Pramukh senaanee
सेनानी
Senaanee
सहसेनानी
Sahasēnānī
उपसेनानी
Upasēnānī
सहायक सेनानी
Sahaayak senaanee
Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
  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
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
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
  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
  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
  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
  Syrian 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
  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
  Timor-Leste No air force
  Turkmen Air Force
                   
General-polkownik General-leýtenant General-maýor Polkownik Podpolkownik Maýor Kapitan Uly leýtenant Leýtenant Kiçi leýtenant
  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
  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

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Notes

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References

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  2. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Silahlı Qüvvələri hərbi qulluqçularının hərbi geyim forması və fərqləndirmə nişanları haqqında Əsasnamə" (PDF). mod.gov.az (in Azerbaijani). Ministry of Defense. 25 June 2001. pp. 64–70. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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