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The following table lists the ranks and insignia of officers in NATO air forces. Officers (OF 1–10) NATO code OF-10 OF-9 ... Bulgarian Air Force [3.
The main difference is in the commissioned officer ranks, where the US system recognizes two grades at OF-1 level (O-1 and O-2), meaning that all O-x numbers after O-1 are one point higher on the US scale than they are on the NATO scale (e.g. a major is OF-3 on the NATO scale and O-4 on the US scale).
The following are the ranks and insignia of NATO Air Forces Enlisted personnel for each member nation. ... German Air Force (Officer designate) Oberfähnrich:
United States uniformed services: comparative ranks of officers, warrant officers, and enlisted servicemen; United States Air Force: enlisted, warrant officer, officer ...
Warrant officers are allowed the same courtesies as a commissioned officer, but may have some restrictions on their duties that are reserved for commissioned officers. Warrant officers usually receive a commission once they are promoted to chief warrant officer 2 (CW2/CWO2). WO1s may be appointed by commission as stated in title 10 USC.
The Royal Thai Air Force uses the RAF ranks also. The Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force also previously used the system. The U.S. military usually uses O-1 to O-10 to denote officers, and not the NATO codes of OF-1 to OF-10 in which all subaltern officers are classed as OF-1 (O-1 and O-2 in US).
NATO Ranks and Grades—Official NATO Ranks / Pay Grades Table; STANAG 2116 (Edition 5) History of NATO – the Atlantic Alliance—UK Government site; NATO codes for grades of military personnel from STANAG 2116; Nato Army/Navy/AirForce Enlisted Ranks Archived 2023-12-01 at the Wayback Machine from visualinformation.info
1 The rank of "generale" (general) is assigned to the only air force officer promoted as marshal of the defense staff. 2 The rank of "generale di squadra aerea con incarichi speciali" (air squadron general with special assignments) is assigned to the air force officer promoted as marshal of the air force staff and/or as secretary of defense.