Air Force Ranks Officer

The general of the air force o 11 is a special appointment that is only made in time of war.

Air force ranks officer. Rank title and collar devices are the same for these branches. General officers also known as flag officers are those in the ranks of o 7 and above. The gafs purpose is to oversee to wartime operations and missions of the air force.

The only person to hold this rank was henry h. The table below lists all the standard ranks in the u s. The current air force officer rank names and insignia were taken from the army upon the establishment of the air force as a separate service in 1947.

The united states air force has twenty two grades of enlisted airmen and officers with most airmen enlisting at the entry level rank of airman basic ab. In 1944 congress created the rank general of the air force. The three branches of the service who share the same ranks by name and insignia are the army air force and marine corps.

The insignia have been essentially unchanged since then except for a brief period during the 1990s when then air force chief of staff general merrill a. Second lieutenant 2nd lt. General of the air force gaf o 10 the general of the air force is the five star general rank reserved for wartime only.

As it stands in history the rank is retired and no officer has worn the five star rank while on active duty. General officers or flag officers. Air force and their respective pay grades insignias abbreviations and classifications.

To determine your pay rate first choose your paygrade from o 1 to o 10 and then find the row that corresponds with your number of years experience in the air force. Air force officer basic pay rates this pay table is used to determine the monthly basic pay for commissioned officers in the air force. Airmen e 1 through e 4 non commissioned officers e 5 and e 6 and senior non commissioned officers e 7 through e 9.