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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.
The International Affairs Specialist Program is the Air Force component, and encompasses two officer types: the Foreign Area Officer (previously Regional Affairs Strategist) and Political-Military Affairs Strategist. Both tracks remain under the Air Force Specialty Code 16: 16F for FAO and 16P for PAS.
The Senior Foreign Service (SFS) comprises the top four ranks of the United States Foreign Service.These ranks were created by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and Executive Order 12293 in order to provide the Foreign Service with senior grades equivalent to general and flag ranks in the military and naval establishments, respectively, and to grades in the Senior Executive Service.
Three-star reserve officers of the Army and Air Force can have their retirements deferred by their service secretary until the officer's 66th birthday, [294] which the secretary of defense may do for all active-duty officers, [295] and the president can defer it until the officer's 68th birthday. [295]
Entries in the following list of lieutenant generals are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was promoted to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Air Force or was promoted to four-star rank while on active duty in the U.S. Air Force.
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 .
This category is for people who are or have been commissioned officers of the United States Air Force, United States Air Force Reserve, or Air National Guard through the rank of colonel. For Air Force generals, see Category:United States Air Force generals and for Air Force enlisted personnel see Category:United States Air Force airmen
Air forces (Commonwealth system) General officers, Flag officers, Air officers; Field marshal: Admiral of the fleet: Marshal of the air force: General or colonel general or army general: Admiral: Air chief marshal: Lieutenant general or army corps general: Vice admiral: Air marshal: Major general or divisional general: Rear admiral or Counter ...