Comparative air force officer ranks of Africa

Rank comparison chart of air forces of African states.

Officers

Equivalent NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) and student officer
Algeria (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant			2nd Lieutenant
Angola (Edit)	No equivalent
			Colonel General General de Aviaçao		General General		Lieutenant General Tenente General		Major General Brigadeiro General		Colonel Coronel		Lieutenant Colonel Teniente Coronel		Major Mayor		Captain Capitão		First Lieutenant Premiero Teniente			Second Lieutenant Segundo-Teniente			Officer Cadet Aspirante
Benin	No air force
Botswana (Edit)	No equivalent
									Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Officer Cadet
Burkina Faso (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			Général d'armée		Général de corps		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel Major	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Burundi	No air force
Cameroon (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			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 Republic (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Chad (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
							Général de division aérienne		Général de brigade aérienne		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Comoros	No air force
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			General Général d'Armée		Lieutenant General Lieutenant-Général		Major General Général-Major		Brigadier General Général de Brigade		Colonel Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel		Major Major		Captain Capitaine		Lieutenant Lieutenant			2nd lieutenant Sous-Lieutenant
Equivalent NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) and student officer
Republic of the Congo (Edit)	No equivalent
					Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Officer Cadet
Djibouti (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
									Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Egypt (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Air Chief Marshal Fariq awwal tayar (فريق أول طيار)		Air Marshal‎‎ Fariq tayar (فريق طيار)		Air Vice-Marshal Liwaa' tayar (لواء طيار‎‎)		Air Commodore 'amid tayar (عميد طيار‎‎)		Group Captain 'aqid tayar (عقيد طيار‎‎)		Wing Commander Moqaddim tayar (مقدم طيار)		Squadron Leader Ra'id tayar (رائد طيار)		Flight Lieutenant Naqib tayar (نقيب طيار‎‎)		Flying Officer Molazim awwal tayar (ملازم أول طيار)			Pilot Officer Molazim tayar (ملازم طيار‎‎)
Eritrea (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Ethiopia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		1st Lieutenant		Lieutenant		2nd Lieutenant
Gabon (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général d´armée		Général de corps d´armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel Major	Colonel	Lieutenant Colonel Major	Lieutenant Colonel	Commandant Major	Commandant	Capitaine Major	Capitaine	Lieutenant Major		Lieutenant		Sous-lieutenant
Gambia	No air force
Ghana (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal		Air Vice-Marshal		Air Commodore		Group Captain		Wing Commander		Squadron Leader		Flight Lieutenant		Flying Officer			Pilot Officer
Guinea (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Guinea-Bissau	No air force
Ivory Coast (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Kenya (Edit)																									No equivalent
	Commander-in-Chief		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Lesotho (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Equivalent NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) and student officer
Liberia	No air force
Libya (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
					Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Madagascar (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			Général d'armée		Général de corps d'armée		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Malawi (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Mali (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Mauritania (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division لواء		Général de brigade عميد		Colonel عقيد		Lieutenant-Colonel مقدم		Commandant رائد		Capitaine نقيب		Lieutenant ملازم أول			Sous-Lieutenant ملازم
Mauritius	No air force
Morocco (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			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 (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
					Coronel General		Teniente General		Major General		Coronel		Teniente Coronel		Major		Capitáo		Teniente			Aleférez
Namibia (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
							Air vice marshal		Air commodore		Group captain		Wing commander		Squadron leader		Flight lieutenant		Flying officer			Pilot officer
Niger (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
											Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Nigeria (Edit)																									No equivalent
	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
Rwanda (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Général		Lieutenant général		Général-major		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenannt
Equivalent NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) and student officer
São Tomé and Príncipe	No air force
Senegal (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
							Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-Colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-Lieutenant
Seychelles	No air force
Sierra Leone	No air force
Somalia (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
							Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
South Africa (Edit)	No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant			Officer candidate
South Sudan (Edit)
	Air Marshal		General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Officer Cadet
Sudan (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
			Fariq awwal (فريق أول)		Fariq (فريق‎‎)		Liwaa' (لواء‎‎)		'amid (عميد)		'aqid (عقيد)		Moqaddim (مقدم)		Ra'id (رائد‎‎)		Naqib (نقيب)		Molazim awwal (ملازم أول)			Molazim thani (ملازم)
Swaziland	No air force
Tanzania (Edit)	No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Officer candidate
Togo (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
											Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Tunisia (Edit)	No equivalent																								Unknown
					Army corps general		Major general		Brigadier General		Major Colonel	Colonel	Lieutenant-Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Uganda (Edit)	No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant			Officer cadet
Zambia (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			General		Lieutenant General		Major General		Brigadier General		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
Zimbabwe (Edit)	No equivalent																								No equivalent
			Air Chief Marshal		Air Marshal		Air Vice-Marshal		Air Commodore		Group Captain		Wing Commander		Squadron Leader		Flight Lieutenant		Air Lieutenant			Air Sub-Lieutenant
Equivalent NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1						OF(D) and student officer

See also

• Comparative air force officer ranks of the Americas
• Ranks and insignia of NATO air forces officers