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Comparative air force officer ranks of Lusophone countries

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Rank comparison chart ofofficers for air forces ofLusophone states.

Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers			Junior officers
National Air Force of Angola^[1] v t e
National Air Force of Angola^[1] v t e		General-de-aviação	General	Tenente-general	Brigadeiro	Coronel	Tenente-coronel	Mayor	Capitão	Tenente	Sub-tenente
Brazilian Air Force^[2] v t e
Brazilian Air Force^[2] v t e	Marechal-do-ar	Tenente-brigadeiro do Ar	Major-brigadeiro	Brigadeiro		Coronel	Tenente-coronel	Major	Capitão	Primeiro-tenente	Segundo-tenente
Cape Verde	No air force
Equatorial Guinea Air Force v t e
Equatorial Guinea Air Force v t e				General de division	General de brigada	Coronel	Teniente coronel	Comandante	Capitán	Teniente	Alférez
Guinea-Bissau	No air force
Mozambique Air Force v t e
Mozambique Air Force v t e		Coronel General	Tenente General	Major General		Coronel	Tenente Coronel	Major	Capitão	Tenente	Alferes
Portuguese Air Force^[3] v t e
Portuguese Air Force^[3] v t e	Marechal da Força Aérea	General	Tenente-general	Major-general	Brigadeiro-general	Coronel	Tenente-coronel	Major	Capitão	Tenente	Alferes
São Tomé and Príncipe	No air force
Timor-Leste Air Component^[4] v t e
Timor-Leste Air Component^[4] v t e						Coronel	Tenente-coronel	Major	Capitão	Tenente	Alferes
Rank group	General / flag officers					Senior officers			Junior officers

^"Postos da Força Aérea Nacional".faa.ao (in Portuguese). Angolan Air Force. Archived fromthe original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved27 June 2021.
^"Postos e Graduações".fab.mil.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Air Force. Retrieved7 May 2021.
^"Postos e Distintivos".emfa.pt (in Portuguese). Portuguese Air Force. Archived fromthe original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved29 April 2021.
^"Postos das FALINTIL-FDTL" [Ranks of the FALINTIL-FDTL].Revista Componente Terrestre (in Tetum). No. IV. December 2025. p. 3. Archived fromthe original on 10 December 2025.

Military ranks and insignia by country

Africa

Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros DR Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Former	People's Republic of Angola Biafra Bophuthatswana Ciskei Kingdom of Egypt Ethiopian Empire Katanga People's Republic of Mozambique Rhodesia South West Africa Transkei Venda Zaire
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Apartheid States in Southern Africa

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Bahamas Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Officers: Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Enlisted: Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Other: Marine Corps Space Force Warrant officer Opposing forces Uruguay Venezuela
Former	Canada (pre-Unification) Confederate States of America Union Army Navy Costa Rica Republic of Cuba Empire of Brazil Panama Republic of Texas Army Navy United States Army enlisted World War I World War II
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted

Asia

Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia PR of China Army Navy Air Force Rocket Force Aerospace Force Cyberspace Force Information Support Force Joint Logistics Support Force Armed Police China Coast Guard India Army Air Force Navy Coast Guard Border Roads Organisation Paramilitary forces Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Korea North South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Army Navy Air Force Marines Civil Armed Forces Maritime Security Agency Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Army Navy Air Force Coast Guard Syria Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan (Republic of China)
Former	Artsakh China Empire Republic (1912–1949) Dutch East Indies East Turkestan (Second Republic) People's Republic of Kampuchea Imperial Iran Imperial Japan Army Navy Korea Empire Liberation Army Kingdom of Laos Manchukuo Mengjiang Mongolian People's Republic Tibet Tuva Vietnam State South South Yemen
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted

Europe

Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Army Navy Air Force Home Guard Estonia Finland France Army Navy Gendarmerie Air and Space Force Foresters Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland Land Forces Coast Guard Ireland Italy Army Navy Air Force Carabinieri Finance Guard Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Army Navy Air Force Cossacks Between 1994 and 2010 San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Officers: Army Navy Air Force Other: Army Navy Air Force Vatican
States with limited recognition	Kosovo Northern Cyprus Transnistria
Former	Albania Kingdom People's Socialist Republic Austria–Hungary Army Navy Bulgaria Kingdom People's Republic Independent State of Croatia Czechoslovakia German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany Army Navy Air Force East Germany Kingdom of Greece Army Navy Air Force France Napoleonic Grand Army Hungary Kingdom People's Republic Italy Kingdom Social Republic Ottoman Empire Polish People's Republic Republika Srpska Romania Kingdom Socialist Republic Russian Empire White Movement Slovakia (First Republic) Soviet Union 1918–35 1935–40 1940–43 1943–55 1955–91 Spain 2nd Republic State Yugoslavia Kingdom Socialist Federal Republic Federal Republic
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted

Oceania

Australia Army officers Army enlisted Air Force Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tonga Vanuatu
Comparative	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted

Language

Anglophone	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted
Arabophone	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted
Francophone	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Gendarmerie Officers Enlisted
Hispanophone	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted
Lusophone	Army Officers Enlisted Navy Officers Enlisted Air force Officers Enlisted Military police Officers Enlisted

Post-Soviet states

Commonwealth of Nations

European Union

NATO

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