Other Air Forces
| Common anglophone military ranks | ||
|---|---|---|
| Navies | Armies | Air forces |
| Officers | ||
| Admiral of the fleet | Marshal / field marshal |
Marshal of the Air Force |
| Admiral | General | Air marshal |
| Commodore | Brigadier | Air commodore |
| Captain | Colonel | Group captain |
| Commander | Lieutenant colonel | Wing commander |
| Lieutenant commander |
Major / commandant |
Squadron leader |
| Lieutenant | Captain | Flight lieutenant |
| Sub-lieutenant | Lieutenant | Flying officer |
| Ensign | 2nd lieutenant | Pilot officer |
| Midshipman | Officer cadet | Officer cadet |
| Seamen, soldiers and airmen | ||
| Warrant officer | Sergeant major / Warrant officer |
Warrant officer |
| Petty officer | Sergeant | Sergeant |
| Leading seaman | Corporal | Corporal |
| Seaman | Private | Aircraftman |
The following air forces use a similar or identical officer rank structure and rank insignia to the RAF:
- Royal Australian Air Force
- Royal New Zealand Air Force
- Hellenic Air Force
- Nigerian Air Force (since 1 April 1976)
- Indian Air Force (formerly the Royal Indian Air Force)
- Bangladesh Air Force
- Sri Lanka Air Force (formerly the Royal Ceylon Air Force)
- Ghana Air Force
- Air Force of Zimbabwe (formerly the Royal Rhodesian Air Force)
- Royal Thai Air Force
- Chilean Air Force
The following air forces use a similar or identical officer rank structure to the RAF, but use army-style rank insignia:
- Pakistan Air Force (since 2006; formerly the Royal Pakistan Air Force)
- Egyptian Air Force
The following air forces use rank insignia for their officers which are similar or identical to that of the RAF, but employ army rank titles:
- Afghan National Air Corps
- Argentine Air Force
- Belgian Air Component
- Eritrean Air Force
- Finnish Air Force
- Swedish Air Force (sometimes the English translation of the Swedish Air Force officer rank titles follows the RAF pattern)
- Royal Malaysian Air Force
- Peruvian Air Force
- Royal Netherlands Air Force
- Royal Danish Air Force
- Italian Air Force
- Romanian Air Force
- South African Air Force
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Irish Air Corps
- Uruguayan Air Force
The following air forces formerly used a similar or identical officer rank structure to the RAF:
- Royal Canadian Air Force (until 1968)
- Royal Malaysian Air Force (until the late 1970s)
- Royal Rhodesian Air Force (now the Air Force of Zimbabwe) (1965-1980)
The following air forces formerly used similar rank insignia to the RAF:
- Republic of Singapore Air Force (until 1983)
- United States Air Force, (1993 to 1994)
- Pakistan Air Force (until 2006)
- Royal Air Force of Oman (until 1980s)
- Egyptian Air Force
- Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2010)
- Yemeni Air Force (South Yemen; South Arabian Air Force) (1970-1985)
- Zaire Air Force (1971-1997)
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