Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
Algerian Air Force[1] | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 |
Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
National Air Force of Angola[2] | | | | | | | | | | | |
General-de-Aviação | General | Tenente-general | Brigadeiro | Coronel | Tenente-coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Sub-tenente |
Benin | No air force |
Botswana Defence Force Air Wing[3] | | | | | | | | | |
Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant |
Burkina Faso Air Force[4] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel-major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Burundi | No air force |
Cameroon Air Force | | | | | | | | | | | |
Général d'armée aérienne | Général de corps aérien | Général de division aérienne | Général de brigade aérienne | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
Cape Verde | No air force |
Central African Air Force | | | | | | | | | |
Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Chadian Air Force | | | | | | | | | |
Général de division aérienne | Général de brigade aérienne | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
Comoros | No air force |
Air Force of the DR Congo | | | | | | | | | | | |
Général d'armée | Lieutenant-général | Général-major | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Major | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
Congolese Air Force[5] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Général d'armée | Général de corps | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Djibouti Air Force | | | | | | | | |
Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Egyptian 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 |
Equatorial Guinea Air Force | | | | | | | | | | |
Major General General De Division | Brigadier General General De Brigada | Colonel Coronel | Lieutenant Colonel Teniente Coronel | Major Comandante | Captain Capitán | 1st Lieutenant Teniente | 2nd lieutenant Alférez | |
Eritrean Air Force | | | | | | | | | | |
Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |
Ethiopian Air Force | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ጄኔራል Jēnērali | ሌተናንት ጄኔራል Lētenaniti jēnērali | ሜጄር ጄኔራል Mējēri jēnērali | ብርጋዴር ጄኔራል Birigadēri jēnērali | ኮሌኔል Kolēnēli | ሌተናንት ኮሎኔል Lētenaniti kolonēli | ሻለቃ Shalek’a | ሻምበል Shamibeli | መቶ አለቃ Meto ālek’a | ምክትል መቶ አለቃ Mikitili meto ālek’a | |
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |
Gabonese Air Force | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant | |
Gambia | No air force |
Ghana Air Force[6] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Air chief marshal | Air marshal | Air vice-marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Pilot officer |
Guinea Air Force | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | |
Guinea-Bissau | No air force |
Ivory Coast Air Force[7] | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel-major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | Aspirant |
Kenya Air Force[8] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Commander-in-Chief | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |
Lesotho Air Squadron | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
Liberian Air Wing[9] | | | | | | | | |
Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |
Libyan Air Force[10] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | |
Madagascar 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 | |
Malawi Air Force | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier General | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
Malian Air Force[12] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Général d'armée | Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel-major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Mauritania Islamic Air Force[13] | | | | | | | | | | | |
فريق Fariq | لواء Liwa | عميد Amid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim | |
Mauritius | No air force |
Royal Moroccan Air Force[14] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Général d'armée aerienne | Général de corps aerienne | Général de division aerienne | Général de brigade aerienne | Colonel major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Mozambique Air Force | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Coronel General | Tenente General | Major General | Coronel | Tenente Coronel | Major | Capitão | Tenente | Alferes |
Namibian Air Force[15] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chief air marshal | Air marshal | Air vice marshal | Air commodore | Group captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Flying officer | Pilot officer |
Niger Air Force | | | | | | | |
Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Nigerian Air Force[16] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 |
Rwandan Air Force[17] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | |
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |
São Tomé and Príncipe | No air force |
Senegalese Air Force | | | | | | | | | | |
Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel | Lieutenant-Colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-Lieutenant |
Seychelles Air Force[18] | | | | | | | | | |
Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet |
Sierra Leone | No air force |
Somali Air Force[19] | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lieutenant general Sareeye Guud | Major general Sareeye Gaas | Brigadier General Sareeye Guuto | Colonel Gashaanle Sare | Lieutenant colonel Gashaanle Dhexe | Major Gashaanle | Captain Dhamme | First Lieutenant Laba Xídígle | Second Lieutenant Xídígle |
South African Air Force[20] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer candidate |
South Sudan | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Air Marshal | General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | First lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer cadet |
Sudanese Air Force[21] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | |
Swaziland | No air force |
Tanzania Air Force | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General | Lieutenant general | Major general | Brigadier general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second lieutenant | Officer candidate |
Togolese Air Force[22] | | | | | | | | | | |
Général de division aérienne | Général de brigade aérienne | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant | |
Tunisian Air Force[23] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
فريق أول Fariq 'awal | فريق Fariq | أمير لواء 'amir liwa' | عميد Amid | عقيد Aqid | مقدم Muqaddam | رائد Ra'id | نقيب Naqib | ملازم أول Mulazim awwal | ملازم Mulazim |
Général de corps d'armée | Général de division | Général de brigade | Colonel-major | Colonel | Lieutenant-colonel | Commandant | Capitaine | Lieutenant | Sous-lieutenant |
Ugandan Air Force | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | Officer cadet |
Zambian Air Force | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General | Lieutenant General | Major General | Brigadier | Colonel | Lieutenant Colonel | Major | Captain | First Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant | |
Air Force of Zimbabwe[24] | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Air chief marshal | Air marshal | Air vice-marshal | Air commodore | Group Captain | Wing commander | Squadron leader | Flight lieutenant | Air lieutenant | Air sub-lieutenant | |
Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | Officer cadet |