Comparative air force officer ranks of the Americas

Last updated May 26, 2024

Rank comparison chart of air forces of North and South American states.

Officers

Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers						Officer cadet
Antigua and Barbuda	No air force
Argentine Air Force ^[1] v t e
Argentine Air Force ^[1] v t e		Brigadier general	Brigadier mayor	Brigadier	Comodoro mayor	Comodoro		Vicecomodoro	Mayor	Capitán		Primer teniente	Teniente		Alférez
Bahamas	No air force
Barbados	No air force
Belize Defence Force Air Wing v t e
Belize Defence Force Air Wing v t e									Major	Captain		Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Officer cadet
Bolivian Air Force ^[2] v t e
Bolivian Air Force ^[2] v t e		General de fuerza aeréa	General de división aeréa	General de brigada aeréa		Coronel aviador		Teniente coronel aviador	Mayor aviador	Captáin aviador		Teniente aviador		Subteniente aviador		Cadete
Brazilian Air Force ^[3] v t e
Brazilian Air Force ^[3] v t e	Marechal-do-ar	Tenente-brigadeiro do Ar	Major-brigadeiro	Brigadeiro		Coronel		Tenente-coronel	Major	Capitão		Primeiro-tenente		Segundo-tenente
Royal Canadian Air Force ^[4]^[5] v t e
		General	Lieutenant-general	Major-general	Brigadier-general	Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel	Major	Captain		Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Officer cadet
		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)		Élève-officier(ère)
Chilean Air Force ^[6] v t e
Chilean Air Force ^[6] v t e		General de aire	General de aviación	General de brigada aérea	Comodoro	Coronel de aviación		Comandante de grupo	Comandante de escuadrilla	Capitán de bandada		Teniente	Subteniente		Alférez	Cadete
Colombian Aerospace Force ^[7] v t e
Colombian Aerospace Force ^[7] v t e		General del aire		Mayor general del aire	Brigadier general del aire	Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Teniente		Subteniente
Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers						Officer cadet
Costa Rica	No air force
Cuban Air and Air Defense Force ^[8] v t e
Cuban Air and Air Defense Force ^[8] v t e		General del Aire	Teniente general	General de división	General de brigada	Primer coronel	Coronel	Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Primer teniente	Teniente		Subteniente
Dominica	No air force
Dominican Air Force ^[9] v t e
Dominican Air Force ^[9] v t e			Teniente general	Mayor general	General de brigada	Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Primer teniente		Segundo teniente
Ecuadorian Air Force v t e
Ecuadorian Air Force v t e		General del aire	Teniente general	Brigadier general		Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Teniente		Subteniente
Salvadoran Air Force ^[10] v t e
Salvadoran Air Force ^[10] v t e			General de avación	General de brigada aérea		Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Teniente		Subteniente
Grenada	No air force
Guatemalan Air Force ^[11] v t e
Guatemalan Air Force ^[11] v t e		Ministro de defensa nacional	General jefe de estado mayor	General de división	General de brigada	Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán primero	Capitán segundo	Teniente		Subteniente
Guyana Air Corps v t e
Guyana Air Corps v t e								Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain		Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Officer Cadet
Haitian Air Force v t e
Haitian Air Force v t e
Honduran Air Force ^[12] v t e
Honduran Air Force ^[12] v t e				General de división	General de brigada	Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Teniente		Subteniente
Jamaican Air Wing v t e
Jamaican Air Wing v t e								Lieutenant Colonel	Major	Captain		First Lieutenant		Second Lieutenant		Officer Cadet
Mexican Air Force ^[13] v t e
Mexican Air Force ^[13] v t e			General de división	General de ala	General de grupo	Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitan primero	Capitán segundo	Teniente		Subteniente		Sargento 1º de cadetes	Sargento 2º de cadetes	Cabo de cadetes
Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers						Officer cadet
Nicaraguan Air Force ^[14] v t e
Nicaraguan Air Force ^[14] v t e		General de ejército		Mayor general	General de brigada	Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Teniente primero		Teniente
Panama	No air force
Paraguayan Air Force ^[15] v t e
Paraguayan Air Force ^[15] v t e		General de fuerza aerea	General de división	General de brigada		Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Teniente primero	Teniente		Subteniente
Peruvian Air Force ^[16] v t e
Peruvian Air Force ^[16] v t e		General del aire	Teniente general	Mayor general		Coronel		Comandante	Mayor	Capitán		Teniente		Alférez		Cadete F.A.P.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No air force
Saint Lucia	No air force
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No air force
Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard ^[17] v t e
Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard ^[17] v t e				Air vice marshal	Air commodore	Group captain		Wing commander	Squadron leader	Flight lieutenant		Flying officer		Pilot officer		Officer cadet
United States Air Force ^[18] v t e																(Various insignia)
United States Air Force ^[18] v t e	General of the Air Force	General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel		Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain		First lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Cadet / Officer trainee
United States Space Force ^[18] v t e																(Various insignia)
United States Space Force ^[18] v t e		General	Lieutenant general	Major general	Brigadier general	Colonel		Lieutenant colonel	Major	Captain		First lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Cadet / Officer trainee
Uruguayan Air Force ^[19] v t e
Uruguayan Air Force ^[19] v t e		General del Aire		Brigadier general		Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Teniente primero	Teniente segundo		Alférez
Venezuelan Military Aviation ^[20] v t e
Venezuelan Military Aviation ^[20] v t e		General en jefe	Mayor general	General de division	General de brigada	Coronel		Teniente coronel	Mayor	Capitán		Primer teniente		Teniente
Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers				Junior officers						Officer cadet

Warrant officers

Equivalent NATO rank	WO-5	WO-4		WO-3	WO-2	WO-1
Peruvian Air Force v t e
Peruvian Air Force v t e	Técnico Supervisor Mayor	Técnico Supervisor	Técnico Inspector	Técnico Primero	Técnico Segundo	Técnico Tercero
Venezuelan Military Aviation v t e
Venezuelan Military Aviation v t e	Maestro Técnico Supervisor	Maestro Técnico Mayor		Maestro Técnico De Primera	Maestro Técnico De Segunda	Maestro Técnico De Tercera

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References

↑ "Grados Militares". fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar (in Spanish). Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
↑ Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) [@mindefbolivia] (December 18, 2019). "Conoce la jerarquía de los grados de la #FuerzaAéreaBoliviana" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021– via Twitter.
↑ "Postos e Graduações". fab.mil.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Air Force. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
↑ "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
↑ "The Canadian Armed Forces modernizes military ranks in French". Canada. Government of Canada. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
↑ "Grados". fach.cl (in Spanish). Department of Communications. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
↑ "Grados Militares Fuerza Aérea Colombiana". fac.mil.co (in Spanish). Colombian Air Force. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
↑ "Grados militares". minfar.gob.cu (in Spanish). Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
↑ "Insignias". mide.gob.do (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Dominican Republic). Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
↑ "Grados Militares". fuerzaarmada.mil.sv (in Spanish). Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ "Grados Militares". mindef.mil.gt (in Spanish). Ministry of Defence (Guatemala). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ Flores, Edmundo (1995). "National Security". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). Honduras: a country study. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 232–233. LCCN 94043036 . Retrieved 21 October 2021.
↑ Secretary of National Defense (27 June 2019). "Manual gráfico para el uso de Uniformes, Divisas y Equipo del Ejército y F.A.M." [Graphic manual for the use of Uniforms, Badges and Equipment of the Army and Air Force](PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
↑ "Insignias de Grados Militares". ejercito.mil.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ "Grados y Escalafones". fuerzaaerea.mil.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Air Force. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
↑ "Grados Militares". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
↑ "Rank Chart (Commissioned Officers)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
1 2 "U.S. Military Rank Insignia". defense.gov. Department of Defense. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
↑ Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W., eds. (1992). "Chapter 5. National Security". Uruguay: A Country Study (PDF) (2nd ed.). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-8444-0737-2 . Retrieved 13 June 2021.
↑ "Manual de Uniformes de la Aviación Militar Bolivariana" (PDF). aviacion.mil.ve (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Venezuela). November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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[Argentina-1] "Grados Militares". fuerzas-armadas.mil.ar (in Spanish). Joint Chiefs of Staff (Argentina). Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[2] Ministry of Defense (Bolivia) [@mindefbolivia] (December 18, 2019). "Conoce la jerarquía de los grados de la #FuerzaAéreaBoliviana" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2021– via Twitter.

[Brazil_AirForcee-3] "Postos e Graduações". fab.mil.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Air Force. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

[Canada-4] "Ranks and appointment". canada.ca. Government of Canada. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[CA-Female-5] "The Canadian Armed Forces modernizes military ranks in French". Canada. Government of Canada. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

[Chile_AirForce-6] "Grados". fach.cl (in Spanish). Department of Communications. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2023.

[Colombia_AirForce-7] "Grados Militares Fuerza Aérea Colombiana". fac.mil.co (in Spanish). Colombian Air Force. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[Cuba_Army&AirForce-8] "Grados militares". minfar.gob.cu (in Spanish). Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuba). Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[DominicanRepublic_Officers-9] "Insignias". mide.gob.do (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Dominican Republic). Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

[ElSalvador-10] "Grados Militares". fuerzaarmada.mil.sv (in Spanish). Ministry of National Defense of El Salvador. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Guatemala-11] "Grados Militares". mindef.mil.gt (in Spanish). Ministry of Defence (Guatemala). Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Honduras-12] Flores, Edmundo (1995). "National Security". In Merrill, Tim (ed.). Honduras: a country study. Area Handbook (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. pp. 232–233. LCCN 94043036 . Retrieved 21 October 2021.

[Mexico_Army&AirForce-13] Secretary of National Defense (27 June 2019). "Manual gráfico para el uso de Uniformes, Divisas y Equipo del Ejército y F.A.M." [Graphic manual for the use of Uniforms, Badges and Equipment of the Army and Air Force](PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2021.

[Nicaragua-14] "Insignias de Grados Militares". ejercito.mil.ni (in Spanish). Nicaraguan Armed Forces. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Paraguay_AirForce-15] "Grados y Escalafones". fuerzaaerea.mil.py/ (in Spanish). Paraguayan Air Force. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[Peru-16] "Grados Militares". ccffaa.mil.pe (in Spanish). Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

[Trinidad&Tobago_Officer-17] "Rank Chart (Commissioned Officers)". 69.0.195.188. Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force. Retrieved 27 May 2021.

[Dod_Ranks-18] 1 2 "U.S. Military Rank Insignia". defense.gov. Department of Defense. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

[Uruguay-19] Hudson, Rex A.; Meditz, Sandra W., eds. (1992). "Chapter 5. National Security". Uruguay: A Country Study (PDF) (2nd ed.). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 222–223. ISBN 0-8444-0737-2 . Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[Venezuela_AirForce-20] "Manual de Uniformes de la Aviación Militar Bolivariana" (PDF). aviacion.mil.ve (in Spanish). Ministry of Defense (Venezuela). November 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

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Comparative air force officer ranks of the Americas

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