Sumi, the ranking in the Air Force, which is the same as Army rankings, is:
Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Brigadier General, Major General, Lieutenant General, General. Each General gets another star on her collar: the only five-star general is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
And apparently I forgot the levels of lieutenants. Ah, well.
Air Force ranking:
- General of the Air Force
- Air Force Chief of Staff
- General
- Lieutenant General
- Major General
- Brigadier General
- Colonel
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Major
- Captain
- 1st Lieutenant
- 2nd Lieutenant
eta: doesn't look like the Air Force has privates.
eta: doesn't look like the Air Force has privates.
They have Airmen. And sergeants and such as NCOs.
Tech Sergeant, Staff Sergeant, Master Sergeant as I recall from my Dad's service. Might've changed since then.
It's all spelled out on the page I linked to, as well as rankings in the rest of the military. Commissioned, NCOs, warrant officers, a bunch of stuff I don't actually understand.
eta: doesn't look like the Air Force has privates
Well there's a statement that's ripe for mis-interpretation...
I have no idea what a warrant officer is or does.
I have no idea what a warrant officer is or does.
Something that doesn't involve genitalia.
Something that doesn't involve genitalia.
Unless there's a warrant out on your goolies.
I have no idea what a warrant officer is or does.
Warrant officers are commissioned officers, but do not command troops. Sort of an officer version of the enlisted men's specialist ranks. A lot of Army helicopter pilots are warrant officers.
Warrant officers - [link]
Cool, thanks DX. So it's like a specialist track.