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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 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. McPeak redesigned the service dress uniform.
Air Force Recruiter Badges: Replaced with new designs and additional grades/awards: Air Force Combat Crew Badge: Retired in August 1993 [38] Special Operations Weather Team Crest: Replaced with Combat Weather Team Crest in 2002 [39] Space and Missile Badges: Replaced by Space Operations Badges on 1 Nov 2005 [40] [41] Air Force Communications ...
Pages in category "Officer ranks of the United States Air Force" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The total number of active-duty four-star generals in the Air Force is limited to a fixed percentage of the number of Air Force general officers serving at all ranks. [32] Within the Air Force, the chief of staff and vice chief of staff are four-star generals by statute.
Current Service Dress uniforms worn by senior general officers and the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. The current U.S. Air Force Service Dress Uniform, which was initially adopted in 1994 and made mandatory on 1 October 1999, consists of a three-button coat with silver-colored buttons featuring a design known as "Hap Arnold wings", matching trousers (women may choose to wear a ...
U.S. Air Force rank insignia can refer to: United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia; United States Air Force officer rank insignia
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939–1940) Senior controller: Controller: Chief commandant:
As of 1998, the USAF and the US Space Force are the only United States military services that do not have a non-commissioned officer rank at the E-4 pay grade. Previously, from 1947 to 1952, and from late 1968 or early 1969 to 1997, the rank of sergeant (E-4) was a non-commissioned officer rank in the USAF.